Telstra Ltd (ASX:TLS) is by far the most active stock on the market today, trading 74 million shares by noon, with the valuation wiped down by 5.5% to $2.75.
Driving the negative sentiment is the company's new strategy to improve customer experience, simplify structure and cut costs.
What this means is that many staff will be on the chopping block, with up to 8,000 employees to go.
Restructuring costs have been put in the $600 million bracket.
Importantly for retail investors is the dividend, and while the telco doesn't provide forward guidance, it has confirmed FY18 will be 22 cents per share.
Coming in second on the most active is Atlas Iron Ltd (ASX:AGO), which has traded over 40 million shares, yet its share price has remained flat on the day at 4.4 cents.
This remains a premium to Hancock's off-market takeover bid for 100% of the shares at 4.2 cents.
Perhaps traders are anticipating a bidding war for Atlas' assets and additional higher offers.
Company Name · Code · Last · Change · Volume
Telstra Corporation Ltd · TLS · 2.750 · -$5.50 · 73,986,498
Atlas Iron Ltd · AGO · 0.044 · $0.00 · 32,259,674
Lakes Oil NL · LKO · 0.002 · $0.00 · 30,100,000
Caeneus Minerals Ltd · CAD · 0.001 · $0.00 · 27,466,600
Manas Resources Ltd · MSR · 0.005 · $0.00 · 16,829,938
Esports Mogul Asia Pacific Ltd · ESH · 0.026 · $8.33 · 15,936,160
Gladiator Resources Ltd · GLA · 0.006 · -$14.29 · 12,519,978
Emeco Holdings Ltd · EHL · 0.365 · $1.39 · 12,390,512
Metals Australia Ltd · MLS · 0.005 · $0.00 · 12,104,492
White Cliff Minerals Ltd · WCN · 0.002 · $0.00 · 11,075,037