Australian Stock Exchange : Company Listing
Australian Stock Exchange
The Australian Stock Exchange (also known as the Australian Securities Exchange) is the 8th largest Stock Market in the World. The ASX was formed from the merger of six separate Australian Stock Exchanges, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. In 2006 the ASX merged with the Sydney Futures Exchange - the largest derivatives exchange in Australasia. The ASX is a publicly traded company and its shares are traded on the ASX.
The ASX offers a wide range of tradable instruments - Options & Futures, Low Exercise Price Options (LEPO), CFD's, Warrants and Bonds. Commodity Futures for grain, electricity and wool, and grain options are traded on the Derivative Trading Platform (DTP).
Market Trading hours are from 10am to 4pm AEST, with an auction period at 4:10pm. In 2006 the ASX replaced replaced the aging SEATS trading system with the more efficient Integrated Trading System (ITS).
About 2000 stocks are listed on the ASX, 1/5th of the market activity is from private investors. Limited Short Selling is allowed on the ASX, Naked short selling was banned in 2008. The most popular ASX stock index is the S&P/ASX 200, containing the 200 largest ASX listed companies by market cap.
| Companies listed on the ASX by trading volume |
| Company Name | Symbol | Chart | Price | Change | % Change | Volume |
| Industrea | IDL |  | 1.240 | +0.005 | +0.40% | 9,263,243 |
| Gulf Resources | GLF |  | 0.008 | -0.001 | -11.11% | 5,914,332 |
| Carbon Energy | CNX |  | 0.096 | +0.007 | +7.87% | 3,095,382 |
| Navigator Resources | NAV |  | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 3,000,000 |
| Resmed | RMD |  | 3.340 | -0.020 | -0.60% | 2,284,138 |
| Fortescue Metals | FMG |  | 4.920 | +0.070 | +1.44% | 2,092,821 |
| Metminco | MNC |  | 0.125 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 2,068,486 |
| Healthlinx | HTX |  | 0.008 | +0.001 | +14.29% | 1,800,000 |
| Focus Minerals | FML |  | 0.033 | +0.001 | +3.13% | 1,799,656 |
| Bluescope Steel | BSL |  | 0.345 | +0.005 | +1.47% | 1,574,104 |
| Bhp Billiton | BHP |  | 32.800 | +0.280 | +0.86% | 1,467,774 |
| Lynas | LYC |  | 0.940 | +0.015 | +1.62% | 1,448,253 |
| Beach Petroleum | BPT |  | 1.185 | +0.043 | +3.72% | 1,375,399 |
| Aurora Oil & Gas | AUT |  | 3.460 | -0.410 | -10.59% | 1,366,887 |
| Dexus Property | DXS |  | 0.930 | +0.015 | +1.64% | 1,361,874 |
| Alumina | AWC |  | 0.945 | +0.020 | +2.16% | 1,300,027 |
| Fairstar Resources | FAS |  | 0.028 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 1,200,000 |
| Fairfax Media | FXJ |  | 0.658 | -0.003 | -0.38% | 1,198,849 |
| Flinders Mines | FMS |  | 0.180 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 1,181,100 |
| Amp | AMP |  | 3.990 | +0.060 | +1.53% | 1,120,101 |
| Nido Petroleum | NDO |  | 0.041 | -0.002 | -4.65% | 1,112,031 |
| Peninsula Minerals | PEN |  | 0.035 | +0.003 | +9.38% | 1,106,764 |
| Beadell Resources | BDR |  | 0.575 | +0.040 | +7.48% | 1,096,942 |
| Horizon Oil | HZN |  | 0.255 | -0.005 | -1.92% | 1,061,239 |
| Astro Diamond Mines | ARO |  | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 1,000,000 |
| Abm Resources | ABU |  | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 1,000,000 |
| Health Corp | HEA |  | 0.015 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 1,000,000 |
| Mirabela Nickel | MBN |  | 0.320 | -0.020 | -5.88% | 983,097 |
| Boart Longyear | BLY |  | 3.140 | -0.010 | -0.32% | 974,036 |
| Pancontinental Oil & Gas | PCL |  | 0.150 | +0.015 | +11.11% | 936,744 |
| Gpt Group | GPT |  | 3.200 | +0.050 | +1.59% | 928,423 |
| Atlas Iron | AGO |  | 2.230 | +0.060 | +2.76% | 878,317 |
| First Australian Resources | FAR |  | 0.034 | +0.001 | +3.03% | 870,000 |
| Cfs Retail Property Trust | CFX |  | 1.895 | +0.005 | +0.26% | 869,691 |
| Green Rock Energy | GRK |  | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 828,341 |
| Incitec Pivot | IPL |  | 3.060 | +0.030 | +0.99% | 816,447 |
| Anz | ANZ |  | 21.560 | -0.020 | -0.09% | 809,292 |
| Hastings Diversified Utilities F | HDF |  | 2.390 | -0.010 | -0.42% | 769,311 |
| Oil Basins | OBL |  | 0.051 | +0.002 | +4.08% | 686,153 |
| Korab Resources | KOR |  | 0.155 | +0.005 | +3.33% | 674,830 |
| Mirvac | MGR |  | 1.295 | +0.020 | +1.57% | 674,806 |
| Insurance Australia | IAG |  | 3.415 | +0.065 | +1.94% | 662,115 |
| Paladin Energy | PDN |  | 1.210 | +0.030 | +2.54% | 637,925 |
| Hawthorn Resources | HAW |  | 0.010 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 633,195 |
| Goodman Fielder | GFF |  | 0.615 | -0.003 | -0.40% | 623,255 |
| Barra Resources | BAR |  | 0.020 | -0.003 | -13.04% | 610,000 |
| Onesteel | OST |  | 1.015 | +0.035 | +3.57% | 591,872 |
| Goconnect | GCN |  | 0.031 | +0.002 | +6.90% | 570,000 |
| Qantas Airways | QAN |  | 1.475 | -0.005 | -0.34% | 568,099 |
| Environmental Clean Technologies | ESI |  | 0.025 | -0.002 | -7.41% | 550,000 |
| Coalworks | CWK |  | 1.020 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 542,915 |
| Gindalbie Metals | GBG |  | 0.455 | +0.005 | +1.11% | 522,068 |
| Goodman | GMG |  | 3.540 | +0.010 | +0.28% | 516,945 |
| Metal Storm | MST |  | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 500,000 |
| Commonwealth Property Office Fun | CPA |  | 1.015 | +0.010 | +1.00% | 486,919 |
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia | CBA |  | 51.650 | -0.170 | -0.33% | 475,291 |
| Platinum Australia | PLA |  | 0.080 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 471,044 |
| Buccaneer Energy | BCC |  | 0.047 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 462,144 |
| Metals Australia | MLS |  | 0.031 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 452,460 |
| National Australia Bank | NAB |  | 24.520 | +0.140 | +0.57% | 423,644 |
| Nomad Building Solutions | NOD |  | 0.099 | -0.001 | -1.00% | 420,000 |
| Ramelius Resources | RMS |  | 0.515 | +0.030 | +6.19% | 411,291 |
| Chesser Resources | CHZ |  | 0.395 | -0.045 | -10.23% | 406,025 |
| East Energy Resources | EER |  | 0.175 | -0.005 | -2.78% | 400,000 |
| Firstfolio | FFF |  | 0.024 | -0.001 | -4.00% | 396,987 |
| Roc Oil Company | ROC |  | 0.320 | -0.020 | -5.88% | 395,765 |
| Discovery Metals | DML |  | 1.295 | -0.005 | -0.38% | 382,084 |
| Austin Exploration | AKK |  | 0.022 | -0.001 | -4.35% | 372,414 |
| Envestra | ENV |  | 0.780 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 356,307 |
| Lonrho Mining | LOM |  | 0.009 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 353,890 |
| Avalon Minerals | AVI |  | 0.100 | -0.020 | -16.67% | 350,181 |
| Energy World | EWC |  | 0.445 | +0.010 | +2.30% | 349,860 |
| Hydromet | HMC |  | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 349,208 |
| Integra Mining | IGR |  | 0.440 | +0.010 | +2.33% | 340,508 |
| Brambles | BXB |  | 7.050 | +0.020 | +0.28% | 329,454 |
| Qbe Insurance | QBE |  | 13.090 | +0.040 | +0.31% | 323,255 |
| Amcor | AMC |  | 7.530 | +0.040 | +0.53% | 311,483 |
| Golden Cross Resources | GCR |  | 0.006 | +0.001 | +20.00% | 310,000 |
| Prima Biomed | PRR |  | 0.160 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 310,000 |
| Golden Gate Petroleum | GGP |  | 0.014 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 300,000 |
| Avanco Resources | AVB |  | 0.067 | -0.001 | -1.47% | 300,000 |
| Antisense Therapeutics | ANP |  | 0.015 | 0.000 | 0.00% | 299,999 |
| Regis Resources | RRL |  | 3.420 | -0.010 | -0.29% | 297,225 |
| Aquarius Platinum | AQP |  | 1.425 | +0.030 | +2.15% | 295,856 |
| Metcash | MTS |  | 3.980 | +0.070 | +1.79% | 292,992 |
| Iluka Resources | ILU |  | 13.090 | -0.070 | -0.53% | 286,081 |
| Boral Ltd | BLD |  | 3.640 | -0.020 | -0.55% | 283,925 |
| Ausdrill | ASL |  | 3.210 | -0.130 | -3.89% | 279,257 |
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