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Over two months of COVID-19 shutdowns are causing “unusual or aggressive” behaviour in rats across the United States.
Human lockdowns across the US means these so-called ‘cannibal’ rats don’t have usual staples like restaurant waste and street garbage to eat. This has led to elevated levels of rat aggression being observed in places like New York and New Orleans, CBS says.
“I turn the corner, there’s about 30 rats at the corner, feasting on something in the middle of the street,” Bourbon street tour guide Charles Marsala said.
Apparently they can even devour cars.
It’s a big enough problem that San Diego resident ‘Rat King Dave’ (not his real name) established a website called howtopreventratsfromeatingcarwires.com/.
European share markets closed higher on Monday. After two record-sized drops, Germany’s Ifo business climate index posted its strongest-ever monthly increase in May – a higher than forecast 79.5, up from 74.2 in April.
Still, it was the second lowest reading since German reunification in ~1990, says Commsec.
The Ifo Business Climate Index is a closely followed leading indicator for economic activity in Germany, Europe’s largest economy and #5 globally.
The London Stock Exchange and US markets were closed Monday in observance of the Bank Holiday and Memorial Day, respectively.
The ASX200 was up about 1.4 per cent to 5,695.9 points, an 11-week high, by 11:30am EST. The index has now surged by ~25 per cent since hitting its low point in late March.
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm on Tuesday May 26:
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| CODE | COMPANY | PRICE | % CHANGE | MARKET CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCT | Metalicity | 0.007 | 40.00% | $6.9M |
| VRC | Volt Resources | 0.022 | 37.50% | $30.4M |
| BSM | Bass Metals | 0.004 | 33.33% | $8.4M |
| VEN | Vintage Energy | 0.054 | 28.57% | $13.4M |
| CAP | Carpentaria Resources | 0.029 | 31.82% | $6.1M |
| PKO | Peako | 0.017 | 30.77% | $1.7M |
| HOT | HotCopper | 0.18 | 28.57% | $26.5M |
| CHK | Cohiba Minerals | 0.009 | 28.57% | $6.1M |
| COI | Comet Ridge | 0.1 | 11.11% | $71.0M |
| DHR | Dark Horse Resources | 0.003 | 25.00% | $5.0M |
| POD | Podium Minerals | 0.026 | 23.81% | $3.4M |
| SIS | Simble Solutions | 0.016 | 23.08% | $2.4M |
| DXN | DXN | 0.011 | 22.22% | $9.5M |
| UNL | Unitednetworks | 0.03 | 20.00% | $9.8M |
| GEV | Global Energy Ventures | 0.006 | 20.00% | $24.8M |
| ARE | Argonaut Resources | 0.006 | 20.00% | $11.8M |
| PAL | Palla Pharma | 0.85 | 19.72% | $107.7M |
| HLO | Helloworld | 2.02 | 22.42% | $251.9M |
| OLI | Olivers Real Food | 0.058 | 18.37% | $16.0M |
| KTA | Krakatoa Resources | 0.039 | 18.18% | $8.5M |
| TEG | Triangle Energy Global | 0.055 | 22.22% | $19.5M |
Graphite play Volt Resources (ASX:VRC) has ostensibly changed focus, after recently picking up some gold exploration projects in Guinea, West Africa.
Yesterday, it announced that early exploration has now kicked off, including soil sampling combined with mapping and sampling of ‘artisanal’ mining pits and shafts.
The ~$41m market cap stock is up +40 per cent in morning trade, and +165 per cent over the past month.
Vintage Energy’s (ASX:VEN) $750,000 share purchase plan has closed “heavily oversubscribed”.
In total, the company has raised $3m (which includes a $2.25m placement) to support fracture stimulation and flow testing of its Vali gas discovery in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins.
The $18m market cap stock, which has taken a battering in 2020, was up ~38 per cent in morning trade.
Peako (ASX:PKO) was up +30 per cent after winning a $150,000 WA government Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) grant to co-fund exploration drilling at its East Kimberley copper-gold project.
And InteliCare (ASX:ICR) has continued its strong start to listed life. The aged care-focused software-as-a-service (SaaS) stock was up 19 per cent this morning after a strong first day yesterday.
Intelicare, which raised $5.5m at 20c a share, is now trading for 37.5c per share.
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm on Tuesday May 26:
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| CODE | COMPANY | PRICE | % CHANGE | MARKET CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTE | GTE | 0.001 | -33.33% | $1.3M |
| FGO | Flamingo | 0.001 | -33.33% | $1.1M |
| ADY | Admiralty Resources | 0.009 | -30.77% | $10.4M |
| ESE | Esense-Lab | 0.009 | -25.00% | $2.1M |
| TSc | Twenty Seven | 0.006 | -25.00% | $8.9M |
| SUP | Superior Resources | 0.005 | -16.67% | $6.6M |
| BIR | BIR Financial | 0.05 | -16.67% | $4.9M |
| SYA | Sayona Mining | 0.006 | -14.29% | $17.3M |
| CYG | Coventry Resources | 0.032 | -13.51% | $62.9M |
| EX1 | Exopharm | 0.225 | -13.46% | $24.8M |
| BGT | Bio-Gene Tech | 0.17 | -12.82% | $25.9M |
| VN8 | Vonex | 0.105 | -12.50% | $20.5M |
| IVZ | Invictus Energy | 0.023 | -11.54% | $11.7M |
| ONE | Oneview Healthcare | 0.047 | -11.32% | $9.2M |
| CL8 | Collaborate Corporation | 0.008 | -11.11% | $10.4M |
| RLE | Real Energy Corporation | 0.025 | -10.71% | $9.9M |
| ACB | A-Cap Energy | 0.009 | -10.00% | $8.7M |
| HWK | Hawkstone Mining | 0.009 | -10.00% | $10.6M |
| ICI | iCandy Interactive | 0.02 | -9.09% | $7.4M |
| APV | AppsVillage Australia | 0.15 | -9.09% | $12.7M |
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