ASX Small Cap Lunch Wrap: Who’s going all-organic today?

News-watchers would know Trump’s been impeached again, but local markets appear to be done with politics (for now).

The major ASX indices all rose at the opening bell, with the ASX200 up by around 0.4 per cent in a relatively calm morning session.

BNPL is back in business, with morning gains led by another rally in one of 2020’s hottest ASX sectors.

Afterpay (ASX:APT) ripped higher with a gain of around seven per cent, with Sezzle (ASX:SZL) also rallying strongly while the other BNPL players all saw healthy demand.

And just because you participate in an insurrectionist riot inside US parliament, doesn’t mean you don’t have standards when it comes to food consumption.

Protester Jacob Hansley, who accessed the US Senate wearing a pelt and horns (with no shirt on) last week, is currently sitting in an Arizona jail after being charged with two federal misdemeanours.

Said jail initially didn’t provide Hansley with organic food, so he refused to eat it. A judge has now ordered that the jail provide Hansley with organic food options while he’s incarcerated.

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Thursday January 14:

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Leading the way in percentage terms was product authentication company YPB Group (ASX:YPB), which landed a deal to implement its technology with a US clothing reseller that will generate a minimum $1m in revenue over the next five years.

In resources, Odyssey Gold (ASX:ODY) (formerly Odyssey Energy) stood out, after recommencing trading following the acquisition of two gold projects last month, now that it has met its compliance obligations in accordance with Chapters 1 and 2 of the ASX Listing Rules.

The company advised that a review of historical exploration data had revealed some previously unannounced high-grade gold intercepts at its Tuckanarra project, in the Murchison region of WA.

Elsewhere, electric vehicle manufacturer Vmoto (ASX:VMT) rose more than 10 per cent after booking a 5,904-unit order from the Netherlands-based Greenmo Group, representing a total sales value of around $13m.

LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Thursday January 14:

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Among stocks with announcements, Castile Resources Limited (ASX:CST) led the laggards after advising the drilling program at its exploration targets at Ganymede and Jupiter West didn’t return high-grade copper intercepts.