It’s that time of year we say “Happy New Year” but you’d be forgiven for being sceptical about hopes for a positive 2022 after 2021.

But some things will change after midnight tonight or early in the new year. Among them:

  • The world’s largest free trade agreement will be effective – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which Australia has signed with China, Japan, South Korea and the 10 ASEAN nations.
  • A number of Australian states will further restrict the utilisation of single-use plastics
  • Children between 5 and 11 will be eligible to be vaccinated – but they’ll only be eligible for Pfizer.

But before then, New Year’s Eve celebrations will be going ahead across the country, including in COVID-riddled Sydney. If you want to go out then it might be easier to get a spot at some of the most popular vantage points.

 

To markets…

The ASX snapped a streak of six straight positive trading days, retreating by 0.56% this morning. But the bourse is set to finish this year over 13% higher than what it began, albeit off all time highs reached in August this year.

 

ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for December 31 [intraday]:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.0015 50 500000
DM1 Desert Metals 0.42 29 128568
CL8 Carly Holdings Ltd 0.054 20 20000
CRB Carbine Resources 0.03 20 672003
CAD Caeneus Minerals 0.012 20 2995823
LBT LBT Innovations 0.115 17 1582187
MHK Metalhawk. 0.3 15 822397
AS2 Askarimetalslimited 0.235 15 622368
AUH Austchina Holdings 0.008 14 20000
NMT Neometals Ltd 1.375 14 3495451
BMM Balkanminingandmin 0.49 14 145968
BTN Butn Limited 0.38 13 28003
NET Netlinkz Limited 0.017 13 2628591
RNX Renegade Exploration 0.0085 13 13405804
ARD Argent Minerals 0.035 13 1440698
BUY Bounty Oil & Gas NL 0.009 13 750000
MEI Meteoric Resources 0.018 13 508411
TSC Twenty Seven Co. Ltd 0.0045 13 2300000
ADO Anteotech Ltd 0.295 11 4615642
AQC Auspaccoal Ltd 0.15 11 434
FGL Frugl Group Limited 0.02 11 4787
RMX Red Mount Min Ltd 0.01 11 250000
RGI Roto-Gro Intl Ltd 0.021 11 2183628
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Neometals (ASX:NMT) climbed after a joint venture company it has a 50% stake in – Primobius – signed a deal to commercialise its battery recycling technology into North America with Canadian steelmaker Stelco Holdings.

Advanced agritech company Roto-Gro International (ASX:RGI) climbed off the back of an update on its partnership with Verity Greens.

The company says Verity Greens is on the cusp of increasing its prospective purchase order of its indoor vertical farming systems and as a consequence, their technology licence agreement is being extended for another 12 months.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for December 31 [intraday]:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
NPM Newpeak Metals 0.001 -50 2820001
CLE Cyclone Metals 0.003 -25 210000
T3D 333D Limited 0.002 -20 1732
WSR Westar Resources 0.08 -18 63395
CGB Cann Global Limited 0.0025 -17 4344024
XTC Xantippe Res Ltd 0.005 -17 21229141
DDD 3D Resources Limited 0.003 -14 3
TPD Talon Energy Ltd 0.007 -13 778074
KGD Kula Gold Limited 0.042 -13 14748
AO1 Assetowl Limited 0.004 -11 7543300
ROG Red Sky Energy. 0.008 -11 1878679
SCT Scout Security Ltd 0.045 -10 588387
TD1 Tali Digital Limited 0.02 -9 23786
CPT Cipherpoint Limited 0.03 -9 822209
BLY Boart Longyear 2.3 -9 10000
HTA Hutchison 0.11 -8 1600
ADR Adherium Ltd 0.011 -8 1000000
NAE New Age Exploration 0.011 -8 45000
4DS 4Ds Memory Limited 0.092 -8 21528895
KFE Kogi Iron Ltd 0.012 -8 95491
EP1 E&P Financial Group 0.57 -7 8001
PFE Panteraminerals 0.19 -7 168459
GML Gateway Mining 0.013 -7 4260881
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