Local stocks started flat, traded flat and closed flat in a lazy Friday to end the week, with few major catalysts in Asian trade.

The ASX 200 eked out a small gain of 0.18%, as the iron ore majors edged higher along with oil & gas stocks.

Following a rocky week, the ASX 200 Financials index traded flat, while large cap gold stocks initially fell by more than 2% before clawing back some of those losses in afternoon trade.

Looking ahead, S&P500 future markets are trading around 0.4% higher ahead of the Friday open on Wall Street, following a solid session overnight where big tech stocks led the way.

BIG CAP WINNERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
VNT Ventia Services 2.09 22.9% 20,792,301 $1,454,323,557
CWN Crown Resorts Ltd 11.56 16.8% 4,070,968 $6,703,866,883
AVZ AVZ Minerals Ltd 0.61 6.1% 25,227,894 $1,850,449,291
ALU Altium Limited 43.24 5.3% 844,744 $5,398,120,096
TWE Treasury Wine Estate 12.07 4.6% 1,806,817 $8,330,127,951
WHC Whitehaven Coal 2.44 3.8% 6,592,062 $2,426,713,945
APM APM Human Services 3.01 3.8% 1,173,912 $2,606,002,011
360 Life360 Inc. 13.7 3.8% 223,473 $2,059,676,467
CXL Calix Limited 7.92 3.7% 195,882 $1,230,285,573
LOV Lovisa Holdings Ltd 22.8 3.6% 213,115 $2,364,112,212
MIN Mineral Resources. 41.43 3.6% 1,602,029 $7,554,008,440
AX1 Accent Group Ltd 2.66 3.5% 4,928,616 $1,392,597,458
SHL Sonic Healthcare 41.03 3.2% 1,331,652 $19,066,861,313
WSA Western Areas Ltd 3.3 3.1% 2,352,478 $1,029,258,096
VSL Vulcan Steel 7.85 3.0% 96,474 $1,001,333,319
TYR Tyro Payments 3.16 2.9% 10,081,345 $1,582,215,415
SGM Sims Limited 14.88 2.8% 518,679 $2,867,795,727
JHG Janus Henderson 63.72 2.7% 209,932 $1,815,574,100
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It’s been a bumpy couple of years for casino group Crown Resorts (ASX:CWN), but some potential suitors have been circling the wagon of late.

Today, private equity behemoth (and current Crown shareholder) Blackstone fired off another bidding salvo, with a new offer valuing CWN at $12.50 per share.

Crown’s board said it will review the proposal and advised shareholders to sit on their hands, for now.

Leading the pack though (among stocks with a market cap of +$1bn) was an ASX debutante, as the local IPO market stays busy.

Ventia Services (ASX:VNT) is an essential services network that carries out jobs for a range of sectors in Australia and New Zealand. The platform — owned by listed infrastructure group CIMIC and Apollo Global Management — raised more than $400m from investors at $1.70 per share.

The stock jumped to more than $2 on day one, giving VNT a market cap of $1.4bn.

Also posting solid gains on Friday was Treasury Wine Estates (ASX:TWE), a day after announcing the acquisition the Frank Family Vineyards in the US for US$315m.

One of the ASX stocks hit the most by the freeze in ties with China, Chairman Paul Rayner last month told investors the company hasn’t yet given up on that market.

BIG CAP LOSERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
PLS Pilbara Min Ltd 2.34 -3.7% 19,288,893 $7,229,221,452
ALQ ALS Ltd 12.55 -3.7% 1,358,572 $6,286,007,770
ORE Orocobre Limited 9.12 -3.7% 2,790,990 $6,037,367,299
FLT Flight Centre Travel 19.76 -2.8% 1,577,146 $4,055,164,498
Z1P Zip Co Ltd 5.7 -3.6% 6,264,772 $3,480,014,164
PBH Pointsbet Holdings 7.95 -2.9% 2,350,515 $2,154,609,672
ASM Ausstratmaterials 12.74 -9.6% 720,332 $1,965,639,625
CEN Contact Energy Ltd 7.45 -4.6% 5,147 $1,922,555,320
NAN Nanosonics Limited 5.79 -5.1% 889,696 $1,840,365,700
CTT Cettire 3.9 -9.1% 1,082,691 $1,635,511,964
WAF West African Res Ltd 1.395 -4.8% 5,672,231 $1,443,614,096
INR Ioneer Ltd 0.6775 -3.2% 5,953,759 $1,435,383,879
MGH Maas Group Holdings 4.34 -4.2% 188,486 $1,306,130,778
LKE Lake Resources 0.85 -5.6% 12,680,519 $1,093,735,286
BGL Bellevue Gold Ltd 0.93 -4.1% 7,295,909 $999,128,995
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