PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Energy in focus after US strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro

Australian Agricultural Company (AAC AT) - Co. flagged likely material earnings impact from North Queensland floods. (TipRanks)

National Storage REIT (NSR AT) - Co. investor Resolution Capital could derail Australia’s largest REIT takeover, as it claims Brookfield’s AUD 4bln bid exploits National Storage during a market downturn. (The Australian)

Northern Star Resources (NST AT) - Co. blamed a series of equipment failures for reducing its guidance for the amount of bullion expected to be produced this year. (AFR)

Tech - Blackstone’s (BX) Australian data centre operator AirTrunk bought a Melbourne site for AUD 187mln to build a AUD 5bln data centre. (The Australian)