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Lunchtime ASX small cap wrap: Who doesn’t stink today?
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Durian fruit smells like rotten onions, sewerage, and old gym sock dialled up to 1000.
It’s so potent that it has been banned from the Singapore Rapid mass transit.
Maybe it’s time for a similar law in Australia, because firefighters just evacuated 550 people from the University of Canberra library following reports of “a strong smell of gas”.
The culprit? A piece of binned durian.
And it’s not the first time. Last year, a rotting durian left at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) university campus library also caused the evac of about 500 students and teachers.
Despite new tariffs being imposed on Chinese goods, there was nothing stinky about US share markets on Friday. Investors are still optimistic about a trade deal eventually being secured, Commsec says.
In local markets this morning the ASX Small Ords index is up 3.6 points to 2795.3 in morning trade.
Here are the key ASX small cap winners at lunchtime on Monday May 13:
GOING UP
High purity alumina explorers keep running. After delivering its first 5N product late last week, Pure Alumina (ASX:PUA) is now in the green for the third day in a row. As is King River (ASX:KRR), which recently produced HPA at 99.999% purity from its Speewah project in WA.
Vanadium play AVL (ASX:AVL) also jumped almost 30 per cent in morning trade after announcing a key deal with new generation battery hopeful UPS.
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at lunchtime, Monday May 13:
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| Ticker | Name | Price | % Chg | Market Cap | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZNO | ZOONO GROUP | 0.155 | 99% | $24,500,000 | 2.6M |
| APG | AUSTPAC RESOURCES | 0.0015 | 50% | $4,300,000 | 196.0K |
| PCH | PROPERTY CONNECT | 0.003 | 50% | $2,100,000 | 3.0M |
| VPR | VOLT POWER GROUP | 0.0015 | 50% | $12,400,000 | 50.0K |
| PUA | PURE ALUMINA | 0.069 | 30% | $11,600,000 | 2.8M |
| HIP | HIPO RESOURCES | 0.013 | 30% | $5,000,000 | 118.7K |
| AVL | AUSTRALIAN VANADIUM | 0.023 | 28% | $43,400,000 | 21.3M |
| MGT | MAGNETITE MINES | 0.005 | 25% | $3,700,000 | 800.0K |
| 4CE | FORCE COMMODITIES | 0.012 | 33% | $4,200,000 | 6.7M |
| QFY | QUANTIFY TECHNOLOGY | 0.011 | 22% | $10,700,000 | 75.2M |
| OCC | ORTHOCELL | 0.51 | 21% | $63,400,000 | 12.0M |
| BIR | BIR FINANCIAL | 0.12 | 20% | $9,600,000 | 10.2K |
| DTR | DATELINE RESOURCES | 0.003 | 20% | $23,900,000 | 1.5M |
| VIC | VICTORY MINES | 0.003 | 20% | $3,700,000 | 2.2M |
| RFN | REFFIND | 0.006 | 20% | $3,100,000 | 1.7M |
| WZR | WISR | 0.13 | 18% | $85,300,000 | 4.0M |
| KRR | KING RIVER RESOURCES | 0.041 | 17% | $50,800,000 | 11.0M |
| NOR | NORWOOD SYSTEMS | 0.0035 | 17% | $5,800,000 | 2.5M |
| BSX | BLACKSTONE MINERALS | 0.08 | 16% | $9,000,000 | 625.9K |
| AEI | AERIS ENVIRONMENTAL | 0.26 | 16% | $50,800,000 | 105.1K |
GOING DOWN
LCT (ASX:LCT) has revealed a mixed bag of results around its Parkinson’s treatment, NTCELL.
In January, four-year results from the phase 1 and phase 2a studies showed it mostly worked and was safe.
But today, LCT stock plunged 40 per cent to 2.2c after sharing results from the middle group in its phase 2b study that showed people who had 40 capsules implanted in their brains showed no difference from the placebo.
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at lunchtime, Monday May 13:
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| Ticker | Name | Price | % Chg | Market Cap | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCT | LIVING CELL TECHNOLOGIES | 0.033 | -40% | $18,900,000 | 2.8M |
| CIO | CONNECTED IO | 0.003 | -25% | $5,400,000 | 700.0k |
| XPE | XPED | 0.002 | -25% | $2,300,000 | 50.0k |
| UTR | ULTRACHARGE | 0.003 | -25% | $3,200,000 | 47.0k |
| THD | THRED | 0.002 | -20% | $3,600,000 | 166.7k |
| CAV | CARNAVALE RESOURCES | 0.004 | -20% | $2,700,000 | 1.4M |
| ELT | ELEMENTOS | 0.005 | -17% | $7,700,000 | 62.5k |
| MRV | MORETON RESOURCES | 0.005 | -17% | $15,500,000 | 24.0k |
| GML | GATEWAY MINING | 0.011 | -15% | $11,900,000 | 2.2M |
| TNO | TANDO RESOURCES | 0.085 | -15% | $16,600,000 | 584.9k |
| SL1 | SYMBOL MINING | 0.006 | -14% | $4,300,000 | 1.6m |
| ETE | ENTEK ENERGY | 0.006 | -14% | $2,900,000 | 6.4M |
| FYI | FYI RESOURCES | 0.06 | -13% | $11,800,000 | 98.0k |
| AGE | ALLIGATOR ENERGY | 0.0035 | -13% | $3,600,000 | 833.3k |
| FSG | FIELD SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS | 0.015 | -12% | $6,500,000 | 100.0k |
| CVV | CARAVEL MINERALS | 0.04 | -11% | $7,200,000 | 185.0k |
| TCN | TECHNICHE | 0.024 | -11% | $5,100,000 | 23.6k |
| FPL | FREMONT PETROLEUM | 0.008 | -11% | $14,300,000 | 3.8M |
| GAL | GALILEO MINING | 0.17 | -10% | $20,500,000 | 345.0k |
