Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is shooting its first season in New Zealand but, just like Aragorn waiting for Gandalf at Helm’s Deep, there’s no end in sight for the film crew.

Cast member Benjamin Walker has no idea when the first season will wrap, saying “It is a bit nebulous at this point. We’ve been here a long time and they’ll let us go when they’re done with us.”

The series is set thousands of years before the events of the books but will feature some familiar faces (and hopefully less CGI than the Hobbit).

Rumour has it the show could hit screens sometime in 2022.

To Markets …

The S&P 500 has reached its sixth consecutive all-time closing high as a new quarter begins.

The bellwether index is enjoying its longest winning streak since early February — the last time it logged six straight all-time highs was last August.

“Historical data shows if you have a strong first half, the second half of the year was actually going even stronger,” said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst with Baird Private Wealth told Morningstar.

The benchmark ASX 200 Index was up 0.24% to 7,284.60 points by midday EST.

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks in morning trade for Friday, July 2:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
BBT Bluebet Holdings 1.77 55 11598384 $ 228,124,999.86
CLZ Classic Min 0.0015 50 18875412 $ 21,770,381.43
WOO Wooboard Tech 0.003 50 4920000 $ 7,644,325.48
ODA Orcoda Limited 0.165 32 167494 $ 17,514,743.00
JPR Jupiter Energy 0.043 30 795463 $ 5,061,463.87
ATH Alterity Therap 0.0375 25 112607792 $ 62,520,500.34
LCT Living Cell Tech. 0.016 23 10869631 $ 7,428,732.75
TYM Tymlez Group 0.016 23 13377873 $ 11,142,986.74
PVL Powerhouse Ven 0.12 20 1024385 $ 9,274,317.60
KNM Kneomedia Limited 0.006 20 841749 $ 4,941,233.30
TNY Tinybeans Group 1.3 19 44956 $ 50,456,238.43
LVT Livetiles Limited 0.18 18 2627241 $ 136,828,410.60
CRW Cashrewards 1.1 18 777482 $ 73,300,077.84
88E 88 Energy 0.0365 18 280942743 $ 413,855,582.95
ZMM Zimi 0.02 18 3446783 $ 10,254,154.10
OVT Ovato Limited 0.0035 17 2005715 $ 36,638,436.76
JTL Jayex Technology 0.03 15 44444 $ 5,731,798.25
RMI Resource Mining Corp 0.015 15 50000 $ 4,236,623.07
CE1 Calima Energy 0.0115 15 73502117 $ 102,740,559.01
LIO Lion Energy Limited 0.054 15 3083589 $ 11,209,584.13
IEL Idp Education 28.05 15 1263061 $ 6,810,887,083.17
ADX ADX Energy 0.008 14 4035000 $ 18,578,448.22
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Online wagering platform Bluebet (ASX:BBT)  immediately jumped 55% on debut.

Software company Tymlez (ASX:TYM) jumped 23% off the back of a $1.08 million capital raising and Tinybeans Group (ASX:TNY) rose 19% after reporting record advertising revenues for the quarter.

All rising 18% were; Livetiles Limited (ASX:LVT), who signed a major licensing deal with Nestlé, Cashrewards (ASX:CRW), who announced a strategic partnership with ANZ, and tech company Zimi (ASX:ZMM) who revealed first revenue from 30,000 device orders.

Lion Energy (ASX:LIO) jumped 15% after signing an MOU with Censtar for hydrogen refuelling.

LOSERS

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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
MLS Metals Australia 0.0015 -25 800000 $ 8,454,376.09
AGR Aguia Res 0.06 -21 2331377 $ 24,861,235.29
CIO Connected Io 0.004 -20 500000 $ 5,330,796.62
DDD 3D Resources Limited 0.004 -20 400000 $ 19,401,860.46
ODY Odyssey Gold 0.105 -19 9264637 $ 69,202,959.15
PHL Propell Holdings 0.125 -17 4382817 $ 12,235,180.80
RNX Renegade Exploration 0.005 -17 5000 $ 5,277,759.83
VIC Victory Mines 0.0025 -17 225383 $ 16,704,758.31
YRL Yandal Resources 0.49 -13 14000 $ 55,378,630.94
MRQ Mrg Metals Limited 0.007 -13 2000000 $ 12,325,359.02
ACP Audalia Res 0.022 -12 65000 $ 17,303,404.78
PNX PNX Metals Limited 0.008 -11 642400 $ 32,869,741.60
BXN Bioxyne 0.025 -11 293789 $ 17,924,071.14
LBL Laserbond Limited 0.93 -10 192818 $ 101,818,737.78
RIM Rimfire Pacific 0.009 -10 50581 $ 18,062,447.35
NVU Nanoveu Limited 0.048 -9 118000 $ 8,552,080.27
NOV Novatti Group 0.58 -9 1338160 $ 156,290,128.64
SIT Site Group Int 0.01 -9 598062 $ 9,253,696.40
ATX Amplia Therapeutics 0.22 -8 10000 $ 29,957,121.60
LPD Lepidico 0.011 -8 2434867 $ 73,824,989.35
RDG Res Dev Group 0.044 -8 489335 $ 134,885,580.86
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