The S&P/ASX 200 Index (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) is up 0.33% at 12:03 pm.
Wall Street reopened last night after a long weekend and put in a mixed result with the Dow Jones lower but the S&P 500 higher. Meanwhile the local bourse has received mixed leads from companies reporting this morning. Major companies reporting today have included Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES), Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) and Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN).
Here are the top five best performing stocks in the index at midday today:
- SEEK Limited (ASX: SEK) has soared 16.5% to $15.54
- G8 Education Ltd (ASX: GEM) has added 4.3% to $4.12
- Ardent Leisure Group (ASX: AAD) has climbed 3.9% to $2.265
- Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) has risen 2.9% to $1.122
- NRW Holdings Limited (ASX: NWH) has gained 2.9% to $1.477
These are the five worst performing stocks at midday today:
- Mount Gibson Iron Limited (ASX: MGX) has sunk 11.9% to $1.057
- Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX: SXL) has dropped 7.1% to $1.495
- SMS Management & Technology Limited (ASX: SMX) has lost 7.1% to $3.94
- Trade Me Group Ltd (ASX: TME) has fallen 5.9% to $3.51
- Arrium Ltd (ASX: ARI) has declined 4.3% to $1.67
