Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange:
AAD - ARDENT LEISURE - down 7.5 cents, or 3.5 per cent, at $2.075
It will be at least Monday before it's known when Dreamworld will re-open as police investigate how four people were killed on one of its popular rides.
AMP - AMP - down 45 cents, or 8.7 per cent, at $4.70
AMP shares have dropped more than eight per cent after the wealth manager announced a $500 million hit to its full-year underlying profit.
ANZ - ANZ BANKING GROUP - down 33 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at $27.77
ANZ has disclosed it will book charges totalling $360 million against its full-year after-tax profit, a week ahead of releasing its annual results.
CAR - CARSALES.COM - down 48 cents, or 4.2 per cent, at $11.07
Carsales.com expects steady gains in its domestic core business in the first half of the financial year after a solid performance in the three months to June 30.
MGC - MG UNIT TRUST (MURRAY GOULBURN) - up 4 cents, or 3.8 per cent, at $1.105
Murray Goulburn has apologised for the burden that farmers have had to endure following the dairy processor's surprise decision in April to cut the price it pays to for their milk.
MQG - MACQUARIE GROUP - up $1.78, or 2.2 per cent, at $82.18
Macquarie Group managing director Nicholas Moore says the investment bank is on track to broadly match last year's record $2.06 billion profit despite a two per cent slip in half year profit.
SGR - THE STAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP - down 2.5 cents, or 0.5 per cent, at $4.855
The head of casino operator Star Entertainment says the recent detention of 18 staff of rival Crown Resorts in China has caused some uncertainty and cast doubt over future revenue.
WOW - WOOLWORTHS - up 25cents, or 1.0 per cent, at $25.05
Woolworths' first quarter sales have returned to growth for the first time in nearly two years, and the results have surpassed market expectations.
