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Closing Bell: ASX closes in the red, bring on 2024
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- ASX 200 down 0.4% on last trading day of 2023
- Small Cap Winners: ETR, EYE, NVX
- Small Cap Losers: MKL, ADS, PUR
The benchmark 200 index is down 0.4% at the close. 9 out of 11 sectors were lower, led by Energy, which lost 0.80%.
Still a solid month for the bourse. Also, Hazelwood just skittled Babar with this peach:
Bowled him!
Hazlewood knocks Babar over!#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/VSBtvGWOvi
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 29, 2023
FRIDAY’S LARGE CAP MOVERS
Winners 🚀
Nickel Industries (ASX:NIC) +3.7%
Mader Group (ASX:MAD) +2.5%
Sigma Healthcare (ASX:SIG) +2.3%
Losers 💩
Newmont Corp (ASX:NEM) -2.5%
Northern Star (ASX:NST) -1.7%
Contact Energy (ASX:CEN) -3.7%
SMALL CAP LEADERS
Today’s best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTM | MTM Critical Metals | 0.065 | 51% | 25,645,318 | $4,275,795 |
| EMU | EMU NL | 0.0015 | 50% | 232,237 | $2,024,771 |
| MTL | Mantle Minerals Ltd | 0.003 | 50% | 15,520,096 | $12,394,892 |
| ICG | Inca Minerals Ltd | 0.013 | 30% | 114,990 | $5,844,355 |
| EYE | Nova EYE Medical Ltd | 0.24 | 26% | 4,243,904 | $36,219,490 |
| BGE | Bridgesaaslimited | 0.05 | 25% | 260,000 | $4,775,882 |
| SKN | Skin Elements Ltd | 0.005 | 25% | 964,127 | $2,357,944 |
| AML | Aeon Metals Ltd. | 0.011 | 22% | 71,999 | $9,867,606 |
| ZEU | Zeus Resources Ltd | 0.011 | 22% | 2,279,635 | $4,133,529 |
| 1TT | Thrive Tribe Tech | 0.018 | 20% | 1,096,323 | $4,449,323 |
| ETR | Entyr Limited | 0.018 | 20% | 31,035,324 | $29,746,558 |
| ECT | Env Clean Tech Ltd. | 0.006 | 20% | 1,013,822 | $14,321,552 |
| HPC | Thehydration | 0.024 | 20% | 160,000 | $5,302,836 |
| WZR | Wisr Ltd | 0.048 | 20% | 9,203,107 | $54,584,583 |
| SQX | SQX Resources Ltd | 0.13 | 18% | 4,230 | $2,750,000 |
| GPR | Geopacific Resources | 0.02 | 18% | 64,615 | $13,969,195 |
| CMX | Chemxmaterials | 0.082 | 17% | 96,593 | $3,726,279 |
| CPO | Culpeominerals | 0.035 | 17% | 1,017,024 | $3,496,871 |
| FGH | Foresta Group | 0.014 | 17% | 121,679 | $26,938,649 |
| CYM | Cyprium Metals Ltd | 0.03 | 15% | 3,362,714 | $39,642,520 |
| YAR | Yari Minerals Ltd | 0.0115 | 15% | 2,723,535 | $4,823,578 |
| BSE | Base Res Limited | 0.155 | 15% | 2,734,472 | $159,031,600 |
| ATR | Astron Corp Ltd | 0.705 | 15% | 86,428 | $96,422,295 |
| ASR | Asra Minerals Ltd | 0.008 | 14% | 312,384 | $11,402,970 |
| EXT | Excite Technology | 0.008 | 14% | 374,957 | $9,304,692 |
Some great late 2023 news for Nova Eye Medical (ASX:EYE), which says its portfolio of canaloplasty devices will continue to be medically reimbursed after USA Medicare changes were withdrawn.
The changes, due to come into effect January 2024, proposed to restrict or deny coverage for several procedures, including canaloplasty.
Tyre recycling co Entyr (ASX:ETR) says it could earn ~$18m a year via its offtake deal with Trafigura, announced earlier this month.
Based on early market feedback, it anticipates “acceptable” market prices of ~$200/t for recovered carbon black and $750/t for oil.
The above example is “illustrative only”, ETR says. Still, the $30m capped stock is now up 90% over the past few weeks.
Mineral sands play Astron (ASX:ATR) continued to gain after yesterday inking a non-binding deal with the US’ largest uranium producer, Energy Fuels, to jointly develop the 2.6 billion tonne Donald rare earths and mineral sands project in Victoria.
And remember battery materials stock Novonix (ASX:NVX)?
The one-time highflier has ended 2023 on a promising note, after a ghastly two-year run saw its market cap plunge from ~$5bn to just $370m today.
SMALL CAP LAGGARDS
Today’s worst performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADS | Adslot Ltd. | 0.002 | -33% | 2,000,002 | $9,673,487 |
| AMM | Armada Metals | 0.028 | -26% | 63,702 | $7,904,000 |
| 1AG | Alterra Limited | 0.006 | -25% | 2,077,198 | $6,657,177 |
| FAU | First Au Ltd | 0.003 | -25% | 27,576 | $6,647,973 |
| PNX | PNX Metals Limited | 0.003 | -25% | 8,002,209 | $21,522,499 |
| VAL | Valor Resources Ltd | 0.003 | -25% | 610,977 | $16,693,339 |
| PUR | Pursuit Minerals | 0.007 | -22% | 2,356,149 | $26,495,743 |
| KNM | Kneomedia Limited | 0.002 | -20% | 100 | $3,833,178 |
| MKL | Mighty Kingdom Ltd | 0.014 | -18% | 1,229,246 | $7,146,283 |
| AMD | Arrow Minerals | 0.005 | -17% | 48,665,510 | $20,842,591 |
| IVX | Invion Ltd | 0.005 | -17% | 8,825 | $38,529,793 |
| MSG | Mcs Services Limited | 0.01 | -17% | 390,000 | $2,377,196 |
| MCL | Mighty Craft Ltd | 0.017 | -15% | 1,243,887 | $7,302,643 |
| ADY | Admiralty Resources. | 0.006 | -14% | 355,327 | $9,125,054 |
| EEL | Enrg Elements Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 2,000,000 | $7,069,755 |
| IS3 | I Synergy Group Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 150,112 | $2,128,563 |
| ADD | Adavale Resource Ltd | 0.007 | -13% | 1,218,799 | $5,972,709 |
| GSR | Greenstone Resources | 0.007 | -13% | 323,529 | $10,944,908 |
| MHC | Manhattan Corp Ltd | 0.0035 | -13% | 224,360 | $11,747,919 |
| SRZ | Stellar Resources | 0.007 | -13% | 49,400 | $9,192,212 |
| NYM | Narryermetalslimited | 0.07 | -13% | 100,000 | $3,839,486 |
| LGM | Legacy Minerals | 0.12 | -11% | 201,527 | $12,631,618 |
| X2M | X2M Connect Limited | 0.04 | -11% | 5,665 | $8,216,705 |
| BLZ | Blaze Minerals Ltd | 0.008 | -11% | 375,000 | $5,657,024 |
| RKT | Rocketdna Ltd. | 0.008 | -11% | 453,995 | $5,870,034 |
