Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data.
It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms.
The market opens at 10am (eastern time) and the data is taken at 10:15am, once every ASX stock has commenced trading.
Stocks highlighted in yellow have made market-moving announcements (click headings to sort).
WINNERS
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
| EPD | Empired Ltd | 1.31 | 59 | 511,268 |
| PDI | Predictive Disc Ltd | 0.14 | 42 | 30,416,883 |
| COY | Coppermoly Limited | 0.02 | 25 | 2,306,017 |
| VMX | Valmec Limited | 0.40 | 25 | 335,583 |
| AUN | Aurumin | 0.22 | 19 | 28,981 |
| NTL | New Talisman Gold | 0.00 | 14 | 6,269 |
| IBG | Ironbark Zinc Ltd | 0.03 | 13 | 5,625,348 |
| GMR | Golden Rim Resources | 0.01 | 13 | 4,159,005 |
| AXI | Axiom Properties | 0.07 | 12 | 1,488 |
| AAP | Australian Agri Ltd | 0.03 | 12 | 97,218 |
Cloud-based IT services company Empired (ASX:EPD) was the morning’s big mover on takeover news, after entering into a Scheme of Arrangement with the Australian division of French multinational Capgemini.
The Scheme is for Capgemini to acquire 100% of the company for a cash price of $1.35 per share.
That marked a 60% premium to EPD’s closing price on Friday of 82c. Empired’s board has unanimously recommended that EPD shareholders approve the deal.
Gold explorer Predictive Discovery (ASX:PDI) was also among the winners, after hitting bonanza grades from four diamond drill holes (1,033m) at its Bankan project in Guinea.
LOSERS
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
| IVT | Inventis Limited | 0.008 | -33.33 | 6,023,600 |
| ANL | Amani Gold Ltd | 0.0015 | -25.00 | 7,397,070 |
| CLZ | Classic Min Ltd | 0.0015 | -25.00 | 20,930,682 |
| MRD | Mount Ridley Mines | 0.003 | -25.00 | 6,970,590 |
| INF | Infinity Lithium | 0.11 | -21.43 | 9,360,139 |
| CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.0025 | -16.67 | 9,106,575 |
| VIC | Victory Mines Ltd | 0.0025 | -16.67 | 2,000,000 |
| DLC | Delecta Limited | 0.006 | -14.29 | 3,500,000 |
| HNR | Hannans Ltd | 0.006 | -14.29 | 2,295,923 |
| SGC | Sacgasco Ltd | 0.039 | -13.33 | 3,189,758 |