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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CODE NAME PRICE % CHANGE VOLUME MARKET CAP YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.0035 75 138,935,571 $ 8,456,718 ODY Odyssey Gold Ltd 0.068 58 21,609,854 $ 19,458,810 ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.0015 50 2,880,004 $ 9,386,997 ANW Aus Tin Mining 0.0015 50 6,875,000 $ 4,928,902 CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.0015 50 63,677,525 $ 16,734,968 UUV UUV Aquabotix Ltd 0.0015 50 637,476 $ 2,388,375 VPR Volt Power Group 0.003 50 38,960,000 $ 18,339,067 NC6 Nanollose Limited 0.33 43 9,656,210 $ 9,143,680 ACP Audalia Res Ltd 0.038 36 591,476 $ 19,379,813 SYA Sayona Mining Ltd 0.046 28 206,792,789 $ 122,257,107 EPM Eclipse Metals 0.022 22 83,253,431 $ 25,463,224 OCC Orthocell Limited 0.56 22 7,677,028 $ 85,278,000 REZ Resources & En Grp Ltd 0.057 21 11,832,829 $ 20,288,997 HLX Helix Resources 0.013 18 8,043,841 $ 8,735,319 AO1 Assetowl Limited 0.007 17 3,200,000 $ 2,942,572 VMT Vmoto Limited 0.47 15 2,170,972 $ 113,712,481 AMD Arrow Minerals 0.008 14 625,000 $ 9,342,466 CGB Cann Global Limited 0.008 14 5,692,324 $ 35,954,370 CLH Collection House 0.33 14 460,811 $ 41,164,967 NGY Nuenergy Gas Ltd 0.017 13 118,000 $ 22,214,332
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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CODE NAME PRICE % CHANGE VOLUME MARKET CAP SEG Sports Ent Grp Ltd 0.2 -23 15,000 $ 60,086,274.56 CST Castile Resources 0.235 -22 3,116,417 $ 59,913,036.30 RXL Rox Resources 0.042 -16 23,401,804 $ 102,491,423.15 DDT DataDot Technology 0.006 -14 25,000 $ 8,693,086.26 EQE Equus Mining Ltd 0.013 -13 304,261 $ 27,063,513.66 ORN Orion Minerals Ltd 0.026 -13 222,240 $ 102,411,561.45 AUH Austchina Holdings 0.007 -13 200,000 $ 13,072,994.89 AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0.007 -13 2,418,000 $ 11,000,320.00 BMG BMG Resources Ltd 0.11 -12 768,431 $ 29,998,957.25 DVL Dorsavi Ltd 0.04 -11 4,384,797 $ 13,560,522.12 FNT Frontier Resources 0.0205 -11 19,053,319 $ 11,249,344.57 PRX Prodigy Gold NL 0.045 -10 2,301,488 $ 29,031,380.30 DDD 3D Resources Limited 0.0045 -10 4,931,699 $ 18,076,860.46 TMK Tamaska Oil Gas Ltd 0.009 -10 3,798,551 $ 8,900,000.00 HCD Hydrocarbon Dynamic 0.028 -10 693,684 $ 13,648,993.29 EME Energy Metals Ltd 0.19 -10 66,530 $ 44,033,495.52 TMG Trigg Mining Ltd. 0.145 -9 189,945 $ 9,954,761.76 BSM Bass Metals Ltd 0.005 -9 120,000 $ 22,119,216.54 TIG Tigers Realm Coal 0.01 -9 16,394,667 $ 107,343,419.06 CHK Cohiba Min Ltd 0.041 -9 19,754,288 $ 61,530,096.42 ACR Acrux Limited 0.205 -9 192,661 $ 47,473,575.98
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.