Stocks to watch at close on Friday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Friday: down 46 cents at $30.13 more than cuts made by its big rivals and by the central bank at its May board meeting.
Stocks ended mostly higher Monday ahead of a flurry of earnings reports that could determine whether the economy is really getting better, as investors have been hoping over the past month as they plunged money back into the market.Early signs were promising.