ASX Small Cap Lunch Wrap: Who’s taking evasive action today?
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On a day where we were supposed to be watching Australian batsmen knock up huge figures, NSW stepped in with about 50 centuries.
More than 5000 people in NSW have been reported as contracting Covid since yesterday, bringing the overall total for the state to 11,201 at 10am today.
Victoria came in with second top score of 3767.
Between the two (roughly 30,000 active cases) there were eight deaths and 123 in ICU.
Everyone’s just throwing the towel in and letting the vaccines do their thing.
NSW Health is considering cutting iso times to five days for people who have Covid but not the symptoms.
With most of the pressure on PCR testing, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has dropped that requirement for travel into her state from January 1, opting for rapid antigen testing instead.
Global COVID-19 cases hit a daily record of more than 1.45 million infections.
We got this.
On markets, where money never sleeps, even for Christmas, the S&P 500 broke a four-day winning streak to threaten its all-time high.
The S&P 500 index finished the day 0.10% lower, the Dow Jones rose by 0.26%, while tech heavy Nasdaq was down 0.56%.
Oil prices are at a one-month high, with Brent crude trading at US$79.03/barrel, while spot iron ore was down 3% to US$119.44 a tonne.
Bitcoin has dropped by almost 6% overnight to US$47,800 at 8am AEDT today, but has held steady since.
The S&P/ASX200 has had a solid return after the long break, and is up 67.60 points or 0.91% to 7,487.90 for the day so far.
It’s now crossing above its 125-day moving average and is currently 1.90% off of its 52-week high.
In space, China’s complaining that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites have forced its space station to take evasive action twice.
Lol.
Let’s look at the winners and losers as we start the run home for 2021.
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for December 23 [intraday]:
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Code | Name | Price | % Change | Volume |
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CNB | Carnaby Resource Ltd | 1.19 | 62 | 11915270 |
OXX | Octanex Ltd | 0.029 | 53 | 273859 |
EN1 | Engage:Bdr Limited | 0.003 | 50 | 498641 |
DCX | Discovex Res Ltd | 0.0075 | 25 | 92385003 |
AFW | Applyflow Limited | 0.005 | 25 | 203981 |
VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.0025 | 25 | 165000 |
SPQ | Superior Resources | 0.026 | 24 | 7475671 |
PKD | Parkd Ltd | 0.055 | 20 | 734747 |
AT1 | Atomo Diagnostics | 0.25 | 19 | 5355584 |
1MC | Morella Corporation | 0.013 | 18 | 27408547 |
HNR | Hannans Ltd | 0.037 | 16 | 7302193 |
AUH | Austchina Holdings | 0.008 | 14 | 500000 |
RNX | Renegade Exploration | 0.008 | 14 | 1000000 |
MHJ | Michael Hill Int | 1.29 | 14 | 580959 |
ADO | Anteotech Ltd | 0.25 | 14 | 3908062 |
MQR | Marquee Resource Ltd | 0.125 | 14 | 3424599 |
EUR | European Lithium Ltd | 0.13 | 13 | 2072210 |
MHK | Metalhawk. | 0.26 | 13 | 138936 |
LDX | Lumos Diagnostics | 0.79 | 13 | 52899 |
KOR | Korab Resources | 0.054 | 13 | 3093304 |
EGL | Environmental Group | 0.27 | 13 | 889985 |
ICI | Icandy Interactive | 0.135 | 13 | 2283550 |
Carnaby Resources (ASX:CNB) lead the gains today after announcing a “MAJOR COPPER DISCOVERY” — emphasis theirs – at its ‘Nil Desperandum’ in Mt Isa.
The caps are almost justified. CNB has pulled a headline result of 41m at 4.1% copper, including 9m at an eyewatering 10.3% copper.
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for December 23 [intraday]:
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Code | Name | Price | % Change | Volume |
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MLS | Metals Australia | 0.0015 | -25 | 466666 |
OEX | Oilex Ltd | 0.003 | -25 | 200390 |
CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.0025 | -17 | 3504986 |
LCT | Living Cell Tech. | 0.005 | -17 | 77100 |
ROO | Roots Sustainable | 0.005 | -17 | 283333 |
DDD | 3D Resources Limited | 0.003 | -14 | 2581631 |
TYX | Tyranna Res Ltd | 0.006 | -14 | 22000 |
CLE | Cyclone Metals | 0.0035 | -13 | 2165000 |
PUA | Peak Minerals Ltd | 0.014 | -13 | 1287917 |
APV | Appsvill | 0.035 | -13 | 224999 |
FRB | Firebird Metals | 0.345 | -12 | 33176 |
NVU | Nanoveu Limited | 0.031 | -11 | 232006 |
SWK | Swick Mining | 0.32 | -11 | 693237 |
PRM | Prominence Energy | 0.008 | -11 | 78696 |
HHI | Health House Int Ltd | 0.075 | -11 | 20943 |
CRB | Carbine Resources | 0.025 | -11 | 100000 |
AXP | AXP Energy Ltd | 0.009 | -10 | 2630715 |
MCM | Mc Mining Ltd | 0.095 | -10 | 20000 |
AVW | Avira Resources Ltd | 0.005 | -9 | 1303266 |
GTG | Genetic Technologies | 0.005 | -9 | 3432782 |
CSE | Copper Strike Ltd | 0.1 | -9 | 122184 |
IMC | Immuron Limited | 0.1 | -9 | 404389 |
TMG | Trigg Mining Ltd. | 0.1 | -9 | 63000 |