ASX bounces up but this LNG developer surfed ahead 7.5%


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Australian stocks have received some wind in their sails with resource stocks pulling the ASX200 up 24.4 points or 0.4% to 5814.4.

BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) is up 1.8% to $32.52 while Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) jumped 9.2% to $2.37.

Newcrest (ASX:NCM) flat at $14.45 and Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) is up 2.1% to $58.36


Market action here…

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (ASX:LNG) climbed 7.5% to $4.90 with 5.5 million shares traded after the company was issued the key Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

This signals that FERC has the information necessary on the critical elements of the Magnolia LNG project for it to complete and issue the final environmental impact statement now anticipated on 16th November 2015.

The company was also awarded the U.S. patent over its core OSMR® process technology for the liquefaction of gas.

New Talisman Gold Mines (ASX:NTL) jumped 42.9% to $0.10 South Boulder Mines (ASX:STB) is up 10% to $0.33 Segue Resources (ASX:SEG) rising 25% to $0.005 and Millennium Minerals (ASX:MOY) climbing 15.4% to $0.03.

Phoenix Gold (ASX:PXG) rose 11.4% to $0.088 Metals of Africa (ASX:MTA) is up 11.1% to $0.10 Yellow Rock Resources (ASX:YRR) gained 10% to $0.011 and Vital Metals (ASX:VML) is up 11.1% to $0.04.


Blue Chip Stocks

Oil and Gas


Oil Search (ASX:OSH) up 1.4% to $8.20
Santos (ASX:STO) up 1.2% to $8.40
Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) up 0.7% to $35.27


Big 4 banks


ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) up 0.8% to $34.23
Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) down 0.1% to $88.80
National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 0.2% to $36.86
Westpac (ASX:WBC) up 0.8% to $36.73


Other banks financials and industrials


AMP (ASX:AMP) up 1.8% to $6.55
Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 3.6% to $13.48
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) up 2.3% to $12.38
Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) up 0.9% to $78.67
Suncorp (ASX:SUN) down 0.5% to $13.05
Telstra (ASX:TLS) up 0.1% to $6.24


Retailers

JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) down 1.6% to $19.28
Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) down 0.2% to $43.64
Woolworths (ASX:WOW) down 1.7% to $29.00

 

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