Closing Bell: ASX goes green to start the week

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It was a positive start to the week for the Australian bourse.

The ASX 200 rose 0.22% to 7,505 while the ASX Emerging Companies Index gained nearly 2% and closed at 2,331 – a two week high following a 6% drop in the week before last.

The gain in the ASX occured despite the majority of sectors finishing negative although only consumer discretionary goods lost more than 1%. Resources led the charge gaining 2.75% while energy gained 0.73%.

TODAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
HRN	Horizon Gold Ltd	0.395	52	31756
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.004	33	23851262
BIR	BIR Financial Ltd	0.033	27	9292508
BNR	Bulletin Res Ltd	0.069	23	3045175
A3D	Aurora Labs Limited	0.135	23	546141
OPL	Opyl Limited	0.165	22	367654
1VG	Victory Goldfields	0.34	21	593847
DOR	Doriemus PLC	0.23	21	650722
AUQ	Alara Resources Ltd	0.018	20	50000
PPY	Papyrus Australia	0.024	20	1271299
KTA	Krakatoa Resources	0.068	19	6264541
AGE	Alligator Energy	0.038	19	46813339
MRZ	Mont Royal Resources	0.33	18	408827
NVX	Novonix Limited	4.8	17	9494243
AOA	Ausmon Resorces	0.007	17	694104
BEE	Broo Ltd	0.014	17	102050
M3M	M3Mininglimited	0.215	16	1134212
ACB	A-Cap Energy Ltd	0.058	16	35140
RIE	Riedel Resources Ltd	0.015	15	729544
TG1	Techgen Metals Ltd	0.19	15	114265
MNB	Minbos Resources Ltd	0.115	15	4761733
DTI	DTI Group Ltd	0.023	15	52164
ANX	Anax Metals Ltd	0.1	15	7965960

Horizon Gold (ASX:HZN) announced gold intersections at its Gum Creek project in WA.

BIR Financial (ASX:BIR) rose despite not having any news.

Papyrus (ASX:PPY) – a company with technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into products used in the packaging, furniture, and construction industries – signed a professional services deed to assist the company with its international business.

Opyl (ASX:OPL) rose after releasing its annual results.

TODAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
PCL	Pancontinental Oil	0.001	-33	1700175
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.002	-33	17229932
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.002	-20	3000000
VMY	Vimy Resources Ltd	0.098	-15	22614110
MXC	Mgc Pharmaceuticals	0.048	-14	18277901
ALU	Altium Limited	29.85	-14	1511934
DMC	Design Milk Co Ltd	0.38	-14	1700
VKA	Viking Mines Ltd	0.02	-13	7725866
REZ	Resourc & En Grp Ltd	0.027	-13	1296179
AFW	Applyflow Limited	0.007	-13	10151495
KGD	Kula Gold Limited	0.05	-12	2153247
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.029	-12	1074786
AU1	The Agency Group Aus	0.051	-12	277530
DDR	Dicker Data Limited	12.96	-12	1936650
BID	Bill Identity Ltd	0.46	-12	225078
FRM	Farm Pride Foods	0.345	-12	461940
LDR	Lode Resources	0.115	-12	206025
AJL	AJ Lucas Group	0.031	-11	2653920
PNM	Pacific Nickel Mines	0.048	-11	391330
DDT	DataDot Technology	0.008	-11	5162194
EVE	EVE Investments Ltd	0.004	-11	3317
TPD	Talon Energy Ltd	0.008	-11	6529817

Large cap tech stock Altium (ASX:ALU) fell off the back of its annual results.

ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY’VE MISSED

Construction services company Maas (ASX:MGH) acquired a development site in Dubbo – the World War II RAAF Stores Depot. The site comprises of 38 hectares including 5 major industrial buildings with a combined floor space of 30,000 square metres.

Life360 (ASX:360) told shareholders proposed changes to Apple App Store regulations might be a positive. The company says the ability to more aggressively market alternative payment options to users would result in higher operating margins for the business over time.

Oliver’s Real Foods (ASX:OLI) revealed it had copped a big hit from lockdowns in July. Company store sales were down 73.91% on 2019 levels and while NSW saw the biggest drop, down 88%, Queensland also went down by 10% and Victoria by 55%.

7 companies were delisted from the ASX today for failing to submit their listing fees. These included Sky and Space Global (ASX:SAS) and COVID test kit maker TBG Diagnostics (ASX:TDL).

APA Group (ASX:APA) confirmed speculation it was trying to acquire Basslink – a company that owns a 370km electricity inter-connector between Victoria and Tasmania. However it said discussions were ongoing and there was no guarantee a deal would be done.