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parks and retail surging -- parkson retail surging by 4.3%. seeing downside for the currency.e also seeing downward pressure for the malaysian ringgit. thank you. the collapse in oil has had a dramatic effect on australia's second-largest producer. woodside petroleum is plunging more than 6% after profit fell 99%. .et's bring in paul allen woodside has been absolutely pummeled. paul: it is not one of their better days. a year ago, they posted a $2.4 billion profit. today, $26 million. woodside's worst results. the ceo peter coleman says the number reflects woodside's resilience. they did get hammered by this oil will price -- weak price. they did suffer write-downs. it is all reflected in the stock 20% sincen 6.3% off this time last year. coleman expecter some sort of improvement in the oil price? paul: he says there are signs of strengthening and the oil price in the second half, but he is wary of that. the price does not have anything underneath. woodside has very low net debt. $1.7 billion cash on hand. they have been working aggressively to cut costs as well. they are pret