10 at 10: These ASX stocks are the most hotly contested for amongst investors 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).

Alchemy Resources (ASX:ALY) made its inaugural JORC Mineral Resource Estimate at its Karonie gold project.

Hillgrove Resources (ASX:HGO) won a $2m grant from the South Australian government to trial a new underground mining technology.

And Pan Asia Metals (ASX:PAM), one of the few lithium plays focused on South East Asia, announced it lodged 5 Special Prospecting License Applications in Thailand.

In other sectors, Papyrus (ASX:PPY) climbed after releasing its monthly activities report.

Aguia (ASX:AGR) fell after an update on its legal battle against authorities in Brazil.

Wiseway (ASX:WWG) and DUG (ASX:DUG) dropped off the back of their financial results.