Australian stock alternate

BHP - BHP BILLITON - down forty four cents, or 2.2 according to cent, at $19.34

BHP has agreed to sell its majority stake in the IndoMet coal mission in Indonesia to its nearby joint venture companion Adaro strength.

KMD - KATHMANDU - down 3 cents, or 2.2 per cent, at $1.365

out of doors garb store Kathmandu has launched legal action against its former suitor Briscoe institution to recover about $3 million in costs related to the failed takeover bid.

OSH - OIL search - up 13.5 cents, or two consistent with cent, at $6.945

STO - SANTOS - up 13 cents, or 2.eight per cent, at $4.seventy five

WPL - WOODSIDE PETROLEUM - up 37 cents, or 1.4 according to cent, at $27.83

Oil expenses are above the $US50 mark, with Brent crude lifting ninety six US cents, or 1.9 in line with cent, to

$US51.fifty one, and WTI up sixty seven US cents, or 1.35 in line with cent, at $US50.36.

RIO - RIO TINTO - down ninety cents, or 1.ninety five consistent with cent, at $45.thirteen

The mining giant will purchase returned as much as $US3 billion of its corporate notes as a part of continuing efforts to lessen gross debt.