The world’s most popular TV show — Game of Thrones — is back for its final season.

Without giving too many spoilers away (or for the two per cent of readers who just don’t care) there was some flying of dragons, some old reunions, and a bit of grisly violence for good measure in the opening episode.

It hasn’t been a dramatic song of ice and fire on the local stock index today, as the ASX Small Ords rose steadily in morning trade to 2,814 by 12pm AEDT — an intra-day gain of 0.4 per cent.

GOING UP

Property tech company Assetowl Limited (ASX: AO1) caught the market’s attention this morning, posting a lazy 213 per cent gain to 2.5 cents.

It followed an announcement that listed real estate agency The Agency Group Australia Ltd (ASX: AU1) will carry out a trial of Assetowl’s Inspector360 platform as part of its service offering.

The aim of the platform is to improve the real estate inspection process by providing 360-degree imagery, videos and hotspot mapping at individual properties.

Elsewhere, cancer fighting company Noxopharm Ltd (ASX: NOX) jumped more than 30 per cent and continued to climb sharply after an update on its anti-cancer medication.

Pre-clinical trials showed that Idronoxil, the key component of the drug, “activates cells associated with both the innate and adaptive immune systems, increasing functional natural killer (NK) cells and CD4+ (T-helper) cell numbers”, the company said.

And shares in mining explorer Orion Minerals (ASX: ORN) initially rose almost 30 per cent after the company came out of a trading halt and announced the completion of an $8m capital raise at 4 cents per share to fund the expansion of its Prieska copper and zinc deposit.

The funding round was priced at a premium to Orion’s recent trading value, and $4m worth of shares were purchased by black South African investors.

The placement was carried out as part of a “major value-enhancing restructure of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) holdings at the Prieska Project level, securing strong technical and financial BEE partners including local Prieska community members,” Orion said.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12.00pm, Tuesday April 16.

Ticker Name Price % Chg Market Cap Volume
AO1 AssetOwl Ltd 0.03 213% $1,800,000 424.6k
GLV Global Vanadium Ltd 0.004 33% $11,300,000 9.9M
MSR Manas Resources Ltd 0.004 33% $10,600,000 46.3k
PNN PepinNini Lithium Ltd 0.004 33% $3,900,000 500.0k
SRO Shareroot Ltd 0.002 33% $3,100,000 250.0k
VAL Valor Resources Ltd 0.004 33% $7,600,000 1.1M
NOX Noxopharm Ltd 0.49 31% $60,700,000 540.5k
AAU Adcorp Australia Ltd 0.013 30% $5,500,000 2.7M
ORN Orion Minerals Ltd 0.04 29% $74,900,000 2.0M
IVQ Invitrocue Ltd 0.07 27% $36,000,000 20.0k
WBT Weebit Nano Ltd 0.59 26% $37,600,000 206.1k
FTC FinTech Chain Ltd 0.08 25% $44,900,000 141.6k
SBR Sabre Resources Ltd 0.005 25% $2,000,000 500.0k
E2E Eon NRG Ltd 0.006 20% $4,600,000 150.0k
DCL DomaCom Ltd 0.14 17% $19,500,000 31.0k
UTR Ultracharge Ltd 0.007 17% $6,600,000 906.0k
ACB A-Cap Energy Ltd 0.04 16% $32,300,000 30.6k
TKL Traka Resources Ltd 0.015 15% $5,500,000 40.0k
UUV UUV Aquabotix Ltd 0.015 15% $2,100,000 107.5k
STA Strandline Resources Ltd 0.12 15% $36,900,000 463.5k
FOD Food Revolution Group Ltd 0.11 15% $55,300,000 11.9M
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GOING DOWN

On the losing side, junior lithium explorer Caeneus Minerals Ltd (ASX: CAD) fell through the floor, dropping 80 per cent to 0.2 cents per share on no news.

Uranium play Eclipse Metals (ASX: EPM) also had a rough morning, falling by more than 30 per cent to 0.2 cents. Late last week, the company announced it had increased the size of its exploration area at the Ngalia Basin site in the Northern Territory.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12.00pm, Tuesday April 16.

Ticker Name Price % Chg Market Cap Volume
CADDA Caeneus Minerals Ltd 0.002 -80% $5,600,000 890.0k
EPM Eclipse Uranium Ltd 0.002 -33% $2,300,000 395.3k
BUY Bounty Oil & Gas NL 0.003 -25% $2,900,000 44.0k
AJJ Asian American Medical Group 0.09 -21% $32,100,000 50.0k
RCP Redbank Copper Ltd 0.02 -20% $2,800,000 2.8k
PEC Perpetual Resources Ltd 0.03 -20% $7,900,000 50.0k
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.002 -20% $7,400,000 454.2k
CLB Candy Club Holdings Ltd 0.12 -18% $16,700,000 28.9k
AYR Alloy Resources Ltd 0.003 -17% $3,900,000 1.5M
QEM QEM Ltd 0.1 -17% $10,000,000 10.0k
TNY Tinybeans Group Pty Ltd 0.6 -16% $21,400,000 71.6k
NMS Neptune Marine Services Ltd 0.17 -15% $10,400,000 485k
ARU Arafura Resources Ltd 0.06 -14% $45,400,000 1.7M
ICI iCandy Interactive Ltd 0.06 -13% $20,100,000 1.0M
VEC Vector Resources Ltd 0.014 -13% $29,900,000 8.2M
TSN Transaction Solutions Internat 0.007 -13% $16,900,000 142.9k
AZI Alta Zinc Ltd 0.004 -13% $6,400,000 250.9k
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