The S&P/ASX 200 Index (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) is trading 0.18% higher at noon, tempered by a number of companies which released disappointing earnings results during the morning. Wall Street closed Friday on a weak note with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 both losing 0.19%.
Here are the top five best performing stocks in the index at midday today:
- Transfield Services Limited (ASX: TSE) jumped 20.1% to 95.5 cents
- Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX: BSL) has rallied 7% to $6.28
- Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) has climbed 6.6% to $2.73
- Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX: MND) has added 6.4% to $17.64
- Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT) has risen 5.9% to $1.61
These are the five worst performing stocks at midday today:
- Pacific Brands Limited (ASX: PBG) has lost 4% to 60 cents
- SAI Global Limited (ASX: SAI) has fallen 3% to $3.85
- Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) has gone ex-dividend and dropped 2.9% to $5.10
- Skilled Group Ltd. (ASX: SKE) has slipped 2.8% to $3.12
- Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) has declined 2.7% to $12.41