Local markets are moving higher into midday trade as greater Sydney got the news this morning it will remain in lockdown for another week as COVID-19 stays on the loose.

But there’s a silver lining to Sydney’s lockdown extension, that only people up in the Hunter Valley would understand.

With next Wednesday’s State of Origin match unable to be held in Sydney, the game has been moved to Newcastle and the ground will welcome 22,000 fans.

Hailing the news was Knights legend and general manager Danny Buderas, who said it’d be the biggest event since the aftermath of the 1997 grand final. We all know how that ended:

The ASX 200 rose 0.56 per cent, reaching 7,302 points by 11.45am (AEST).

After gains in the past couple of days energy shares retreated over 2 per cent but all other sectors were higher, led by tech which gained 2.48 per cent.

 

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks in morning trade for Wednesday, July 7:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
BUR Burley Minerals 0.37 83 538400
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.0015 50 2252668
CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.0015 50 28745853
ARO Astro Resources NL 0.005 25 22791148
GES Genesis Resources 0.02 25 1591216
WOO Wooboard Tech Ltd 0.0025 25 1000000
LRK Lark Distilling Co. 3.95 22 409438
AS2 Askarimetalslimited 0.24 20 2674505
GGX Gas2Grid Limited 0.003 20 61698650
VIC Victory Mines Ltd 0.003 20 100000
CHK Cohiba Min Ltd 0.019 19 3660333
LSR Lodestar Minerals 0.0105 17 1239933
JXT Jaxstaltd 0.06 15 4292354
AOU Auroch Minerals Ltd 0.19 15 1183435
AFW Applyflow Limited 0.008 14 685000
BMG BMG Resources Ltd 0.066 14 219367
KOR Korab Resources 0.017 13 2715687
MTC Metalstech Ltd 0.26 13 2344172
POD Podium Minerals 0.485 13 322224
MGL Magontec Limited 0.018 13 48921
TPD Talon Energy Ltd 0.009 13 47609861
TOY Toys R Us 0.14 12 169389
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Today’s two IPOs both made impressive debuts, with Burley Minerals (ASX:BUR) ripping higher by 80 per cent and Askari Metals (ASX:AS2) climbing by 20 per cent.

And investors responded positively to an update from Cohiba Minerals (ASX:CHK), a NSW focused copper explorer, which announced it will commence another drilling program at its Horse Well project.

LOSERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
HWK Hawkstone Mng Ltd 0.027 -18 25157712
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.0025 -17 1385332
NWE Norwest Energy NL 0.011 -15 56540555
AEV Avenira Limited 0.007 -13 65879
GTI Gratifii 0.028 -13 121724
CSX Cleanspace Holdings 1.68 -12 1600997
AQI Alicanto Min Ltd 0.16 -11 1050456
SBR Sabre Resources 0.004 -11 1987200
MCX Mariner Corp Ltd 0.06 -10 201
DDD 3D Resources Limited 0.0045 -10 2633000
OEL Otto Energy Limited 0.009 -10 319000
XST Xstate Resources 0.0045 -10 3200001
TNR Torian Resources Ltd 0.027 -10 1022010
RLG Roolife Group Ltd 0.028 -10 1480175
ACW Actinogen Medical 0.105 -9 7289765
CWX Carawine Resources 0.21 -9 429964
CAP Carpentaria Resource 0.16 -9 6829828
AQD Ausquest Limited 0.022 -8 2392947
RXH Rewardle Holding Ltd 0.011 -8 15274
LBT LBT Innovations 0.081 -8 116000
TD1 Tali Digital Limited 0.035 -8 129416
PLL Piedmont Lithium Inc 0.94 -8 2999222
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Workplace protection equipment maker Cleanspace (ASX:CSX) fell after releasing its preliminary half-year financial results.

Investors previously sold off the company in March after it revealed a drop in North American sales.