Closing Bell: The ASX 200 fell by almost 1pc to start the week

The Australian share market has followed Wall Street’s lead, closing 0.85% lower in today’s trading.

All sectors were down except for Health Care, with the worst performers being Energy and Mining, both falling by more than 2%.

In big cap news today, Oil Search (ASX:OSH) CEO, Dr Keiran Wulff, has stood down from his role, claiming health reasons.

Dr Wulff had been in the job for just 18 months, but the OSH share price has more than halved since his tenure. The OSH share price dropped by 5% today.

TODAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
EPD	Empired Ltd	1.305	59.15	7,761,361
PDI	Predictive Disc Ltd	0.135	42.11	60,633,747
COY	Coppermoly Limited	0.015	25.00	6,374,238
VMX	Valmec Limited	0.4	25.00	5,691,003
WML	Woomera Mining Ltd	0.027	22.73	20,814,967
BAS	Bass Oil Ltd	0.003	20.00	979,333
LNY	Laneway Res Ltd	0.006	20.00	127,857
ENA	Ensurance Ltd	0.031	19.23	3,141,684
PDZ	Prairie Mining Ltd	0.26	18.18	196,345
DRE	Drednought Resources	0.046	17.95	47,312,112
OOK	Ookami Limited	0.305	17.31	2,324,695
RBR	RBR Group Ltd	0.007	16.67	1,500,000
JAL	Jameson Resources	0.115	15.00	10,000
NTL	New Talisman Gold	0.004	14.29	6,269
MDI	Middle Island Res	0.12	14.29	100,688
AUN	Aurumin	0.205	13.89	75,149
AXI	Axiom Properties	0.075	13.64	24,400
REE	Rarex Limited	0.092	13.58	49,027,729
NSM	Northstaw	0.36	12.50	74,777
AXP	AXP Energy Ltd	0.0045	12.50	2,529,214
CVS	Cervantes Corp Ltd	0.009	12.50	1,342,242
GMR	Golden Rim Resources	0.009	12.50	4,742,601
RIM	Rimfire Pacific	0.009	12.50	1,566,269
SBR	Sabre Resources	0.0045	12.50	6,629,445
AAP	Australian Agri Ltd	0.028	12.00	199,196

The biggest gainer today is Empired (ASX:EPD), up 59.45% off the back of news its board has recommended the $1.35 cash offer from Capgemini to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of the company.

Predictive Discovery (ASX:PDI) is also up a healthy 47.37% after announcing bonanza gold grades at its Bankan project in Guinea.

Recce Pharma (ASX:RCE) is higher by 6% after announcing that its lead drug, RECCE (R327), has shown positive efficacy against Clostridium perfringens and Streptococcus pyogenes – two main strains of bacteria associated with necrotising fasciitis, also known as ‘flesh- eating’ disease.

Jatcorp (ASX:JAT) rose by 4.5% after announcing that it will distribute the products of leading Chinese brand, BabyCare, in Australia.

TODAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
CLZ	Classic Min Ltd	0.001	-50.00	32,615,682
IVT	Inventis Limited	0.008	-33.33	9,284,638
ANL	Amani Gold Ltd	0.0015	-25.00	8,545,750
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.003	-25.00	13,096,141
PCL	Pancontinental Oil	0.0015	-25.00	2,017,538
DDD	3D Resources Limited	0.004	-20.00	895,763
EN1	Engage:Bdr Limited	0.004	-20.00	250,100
TSC	Twenty Seven Co. Ltd	0.004	-20.00	3,189,508
SIH	Sihayo Gold Limited	0.009	-18.18	4,105,074
INF	Infinity Lithium	0.115	-17.86	20,373,091
TPD	Talon Energy Ltd	0.007	-17.65	33,817,233
TYM	Tymlez Group	0.019	-17.39	20,688,648
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.0025	-16.67	13,368,574
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.0025	-16.67	2,250,000
WNX	Wellnex Life Ltd	0.14	-15.15	7,780,901
DTZ	Dotz Nano Ltd	0.31	-15.07	468,146
INV	Investsmart Group	0.21	-14.29	71,260
DLC	Delecta Limited	0.006	-14.29	3,500,000
FAU	First Au Ltd	0.012	-14.29	856,771
HNR	Hannans Ltd	0.006	-14.29	2,295,923
IPT	Impact Minerals	0.013	-13.33	6,718,802
PVL	Powerhouse Ven Ltd	0.1	-13.04	12,500
JPR	Jupiter Energy	0.047	-12.96	5,538,358
BMN	Bannerman Resources	0.135	-12.90	5,830,098
GSM	Golden State Mining	0.145	-12.12	387,170

Selfwealth (ASX:SWF) fell 8% after confirming that it has received $10 million via a placement to new and existing shareholders. The issue price of $0.39 per new share represented a 9.3% discount to the last closing price on Friday.