10 at 10: These ASX stocks have scurried to the top 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).


Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
OEX	Oilex Ltd	0.005	67	26317169
ANL	Amani Gold Ltd	0.0015	50	561993
APG	Austpac Resources NL	0.003	50	3000000
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0.003	50	2763334
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.018	29	210943195
BRK	Brookside Energy Ltd	0.0365	26	93879019
FPL	Fremont Petroleum	0.0075	25	122471061
BAS	Bass Oil Ltd	0.005	25	55057063
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.0025	25	2933334
AMT	Allegra Orthopaedics	0.41	21	55385

Oil and gas stocks dominated the list today.

Oilex (ASX:OEX) led the winners after announcing that GSPC has approved the sale of its 55 per cent participating interest in the Cambay PSC in India to Oilex for US$2.2 million.

Fremont Petroleum (ASX:FPL) appointed a new chairman in 25 year industry veteran Simon Johnson.

Recent high fliers Brookside (ASX:BRK) and Red Sky Energy (ASX:ROG) climbed again off the back of no news.

Allegra Orthopaedics (ASX:AMT), which makes spinal cages, was the greatest non-oil winner. Today it told shareholders it had completed a necessary pilot study successfully and now would move to a larger trial with the intention of eventually getting FDA approved.


Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
XST	Xstate Resources	0.004	-67	62976827
88E	88 Energy Ltd	0.026	-64	520252920
SGC	Sacgasco Ltd	0.029	-64	8599831
MLS	Metals Australia	0.002	-20	870000
G88	Golden Mile Res Ltd	0.099	-14	1518015
RBR	RBR Group Ltd	0.007	-13	1276818
HNR	Hannans Ltd	0.008	-11	82000
KNM	Kneomedia Limited	0.008	-11	300000
NCR	Nucoal Resources Ltd	0.008	-11	20718
MA1	Monash Absolute	1.29	-10	41280

After rising from under 2 cents to over 7 cents in a matter of weeks, Alaska focused oil play 88 Energy (ASX:88E) was sent crashing back to earth after an operational update that showed a number of setbacks.

Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) and Xstate (ASX:XST) also fell after operational updates.