10 at 10: These ASX stocks are in the upper echelon of performers this morning

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).

Drug company Acrux (ASX:ACR) received FDA approval for its Jubila drug which treats toenail infections.

WA gold play Antilles Gold (ASX:AAU) rose after reporting high grade gold intercepts at its La Demajagua project in Chile.

Fellow gold stock Traka (ASX:TKL) unveiled its maiden gold resource – 165,094t at 3.94g/t for 22,940 ounces of gold.

Investment company Milton (ASX:MLT) announced it was merging with Washington H. Soul Pattinson.

Montem Resources (ASX:MR1) copped another set back with Alberta with authorities in the Canadian province denying the application for its Grassy Mountain Coal project.