The Dow Jones index punched through 30,0000 points for the first time in history as investors predict economic recovery, vaccine rollouts, and a smooth(ish) transfer of power in the White House in 2021.

But how did the Dow – which measures the performance of 30 large Wall Street companies — hit record levels after such a terrible year? A brief technical analysis:

Accurate from r/wallstreetbets

“If 2020 has shown us anything it is that stock markets have a tremendous ability to look past bad news if there is sun on the horizon,” says Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird.

The biggest winners this week have been beleaguered oil and gas stocks, which are set for their best month on record as crude prices hit eight-month highs.

“Oil acts as an economic bellwether and the commodity has been on a tear for the past month, rising by more than 20 per cent in value as markets start to become more optimistic about economic activity amid positive vaccine news,” says Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.

The Dow over the past 40 years. It’s been a journey.

Despite weakening from a morning high of +1.03 per cent, the benchmark ASX200 index was still up 0.87 per cent to 6,701.6 points by 12:30pm eastern time.

 

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Wednesday November 25:

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CODE NAME PRICE % CHANGE MARKET CAP
ANX Anax Metals 0.077 79 $ 11,932,776.32
ALT Analytica 0.003 50 $ 7,039,224.66
ANL Amani Gold 0.0015 50 $ 9,386,996.75
CLZ Classic Minerals 0.0015 50 $ 13,339,139.73
NCL Netccentric 0.04 33 $ 7,875,000.00
GES Genesis Resources 0.021 31 $ 12,525,460.70
SPQ Superior Resources 0.015 25 $ 14,290,848.98
RVS Revasum 0.25 25 $ 6,641,940.20
GGX Gas2Grid 0.0025 25 $ 2,647,993.97
YPB YPB Group 0.0025 25 $ 8,456,717.96
CFO Cfoam 0.037 23 $ 8,812,923.48
BLG Bluglass 0.135 23 $ 79,164,435.13
RGI Roto-Gro International 0.062 22 $ 8,109,531.17
ODA Orcoda 0.17 21 $ 16,245,394.48
AIQ Alternative Investments 0.12 20 $ 27,842,758.10
SHE Stonehorse Energy 0.012 20 $ 3,948,897.86
KKO Kinetiko Energy 0.165 18 $ 76,259,995.84
ARE Argonaut Resources 0.007 17 $ 17,477,228.69
AKG Academies Aus Grp 0.4 16 $ 44,026,991.12
TRA Turners Automotive 2.55 16 $ 188,220,362.00
ATS Australis Oil & Gas 0.066 16 $ 56,199,929.65
FFG Fatfish Group 0.053 15 $ 42,184,248.20
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Pilbara explorer Anax Metals (ASX:ANX) – formerly Aurora Minerals –intersected significant near surface copper, zinc and lead sulphides at the Whim Creek farm-in.

The stock is now up ~150 per cent since relisting earlier this month.

Semiconductor firm Revasum (ASX:RVS) has shipped its flagship 6EZ Silicon Carbide Wafer Polisher to a major global manufacturer for customer evaluation, paring some of its massive losses over the past 12 months.

Looks good.

Fatfish Group (ASX:FFG) announced plans to jump on the BNPL (buy now, pay later) train – even through  its new platform appears to be a lending service.

And it looks like Cann Group (ASX:CAN) knows how to squeeze all the juice out of a positive announcement: the cannabis stock spiked again in early trade after revealing new details about its $50 million debt facility from NAB.

LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Wednesday November 25:

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CODE NAME PRICE % CHANGE MARKET CAP
RVS Revasum 0.4 -22 $ 16,936,947.51
XTC Xantippe Res Ltd 0.002 -20 $ 10,186,411.01
CZN Corazon Ltd 0.0025 -17 $ 9,760,077.44
OEL Otto Energy Limited 0.01 -17 $ 57,540,117.28
AZI Alta Zinc Ltd 0.006 -14 $ 25,274,894.23
TMT Technology Metals 0.365 -14 $ 52,360,000.00
LVE Love Group Global 0.052 -13 $ 2,432,050.14
NC6 Nanollose Limited 0.053 -13 $ 7,182,749.45
ANX Anax Metals Ltd 0.063 -13 $ 19,980,462.67
TZL TZ Limited 0.088 -12 $ 9,172,560.50
RGI Roto-Gro Intl Ltd 0.067 -12 $ 12,084,791.54
SAN Sagalio Energy Ltd 0.015 -12 $ 3,479,222.21
BLG Bluglass Limited 0.115 -12 $ 93,557,968.79
TMK Tamaska Oil Gas Ltd 0.008 -11 $ 8,010,000.00
GRV Greenvale Mining Ltd 0.098 -11 $ 29,792,990.04
DCC Digitalx Limited 0.1 -11 $ 70,975,557.75
AX8 Accelerate Resources 0.067 -11 $ 10,743,542.55
AGI Ainsworth Game Tech. 0.315 -10 $ 117,877,875.15
CAD Caeneus Minerals 0.009 -10 $ 39,218,459.67
HGO Hillgrove Res Ltd 0.036 -10 $ 23,423,540.72
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