Stocks to watch at noon on Wednesday STOCKS to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Wednesday: CHC - CHARTER HALL GROUP - down 1.00 cent, or 0.27 per cent, at $3.63 Property group Charter Hall has agreed to buy two Westfield shopping centres in Perth's northwest for $255 million. INA - INGENIA COMMUNITIES GROUP - in trading halt, last traded at 41.5 cents Retirement village owner and operator Ingenia Communities Group plans to raise more than $60 million for future projects by selling new shares. ORI - ORICA - up 16 cents, or 0.77 per cent, at $20.83 Explosives and chemical maker Orica is selling surplus land near a former plant at Sydney's Botany Bay where residents had demanded testing for mercury levels. OSH - OIL SEARCH - down 5.00 cents, or 0.59 per cent, at $8.45 Oil and gas producer Oil Search plans to deliver first sales of gas from its PNG LNG project in the second half of 2014.