Closing Bell: ASX has a volatile day but closes a whisker higher

After falling as much as 0.5% in the morning trade the ASX ultimately closed higher than yesterday.

The ASX 200 closed at 7,530 points – 0.02% higher than yesterday – while the ASX Emerging Companies Index closed 0.55% higher at 2,474.

Resources was again the biggest laggard, declining 0.81% but energy gained 0.78% – only usurped by telcos, which gained 0.94%.

TODAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
DLC	Delecta Limited	0.013	86	288376238
RLC	Reedy Lagoon Corp.	0.028	40	88956349
APV	Appsvill	0.049	32	2420262
EGL	Environmental Group	0.145	32	7417370
LSA	Lachlan Star Ltd	0.037	28	20732807
BNR	Bulletin Res Ltd	0.079	27	6421551
ADO	Anteotech Ltd	0.225	25	11407911
ARO	Astro Resources NL	0.005	25	53552
T3D	333D Limited	0.0025	25	53428
RCE	Recce Pharmaceutical	1.035	25	1290480
KOR	Korab Resources	0.021	24	2035302
ABX	Aust Bauxite Ltd.	0.14	22	1233647
KP2	Kore Potash PLC	0.023	21	40498509
TIN	Tnt Mines Limited	0.205	21	8739069
PAM	Pan Asia Metals	0.68	20	23908283
WEC	White Energy Company	0.12	20	20000
AVW	Avira Resources Ltd	0.006	20	152659
AYM	Australia United Min	0.012	20	9293817
BRB	Breaker Res NL	0.255	19	7451184
EDE	Eden Inv Ltd	0.02	18	23117217
LDR	Lode Resources	0.135	17	66117
PF1	Pathfinder Resources	0.34	17	179159
NME	Nex Metals Explorat	0.041	17	300678

AppsVillage (ASX:APV) rose after announcing it had raised US$500,000 to list on the TSXV exchange.

High flying lithium play Pan Asia Metals (ASX:PAM) surged with an exploration update.

TNT Mines (ASX:TIN) rose thanks to a project acquisition.

Reedy Lagoon Corp (ASX:RLC) staked an additional 186 placer claims in Nevada adjoining its Alkali Lake lithium project.

TODAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.002	-33	7569549
OEX	Oilex Ltd	0.003	-25	125000
ID8	Identitii Limited	0.18	-22	8357681
AAJ	Aruma Resources Ltd	0.095	-21	2767393
N1H	N1 Holdings Ltd	0.1	-17	30000
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.0025	-17	1574850
CAG	Caperangeltd	0.32	-16	126197
ATR	Astron Corp Ltd	0.38	-16	16672
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.011	-15	2652658
KNI	Kunikolimited	1.95	-15	2304101
SRK	Strike Resources	0.145	-15	1378697
FNT	Frontier Resources	0.018	-14	8171085
TKM	Trek Metals Ltd	0.091	-13	4016858
TTA	TTA Holdings Ltd	0.039	-13	758472
GGE	Grand Gulf Energy	0.026	-13	3908336
MMI	Metro Mining Ltd	0.02	-13	89689222
AUH	Austchina Holdings	0.007	-13	16593088
PNX	PNX Metals Limited	0.007	-13	1574000
NSX	NSX Limited	0.105	-13	296469
OPL	Opyl Limited	0.14	-13	486454
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.036	-12	13657038
NGY	Nuenergy Gas Ltd	0.029	-12	50000
KFE	Kogi Iron Ltd	0.015	-12	292572

Oil and gas Prominence Energy (ASX:PRM) fell after an exploration update in which it revealed it had been impacted by Hurricane Ida.

ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY’VE MISSED

Lindian Resources (ASX:LIN) updated shareholders on the situation in Guinea where it has an interest in three bauxite projects. The company admitted the situation was fluid but pointed to a statement from the National Committee for Reorientation and Development which promised that obligations related to mining agreements would be honoured.

Additive manufacturer AML3D (ASX:AL3) says its current welding dire composition project was progressing strongly. While the project has 6 months to go the company is anticipating further opportunities to emerge, naming the automotive, resources and shipbuilding sectors as candidates.

BNPL company Openpay (ASX:OPY) announced partnerships in the automotive space with Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres as well as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce to offer its product to their respective customers. It also announced it was entering healthcare in the UK, saying its ezyVet software platform has just gone live in the UK.

SRJ Technologies (ASX:SRJ) is teaming up with Curtin University’s Corrosion Centre and private company SixDe to develop hydrogen compatible pipe technology. The project will kick off by the end of this year.

Woolworths (ASX:WOW) cashed out of its stake in Marley Spoon (ASX:MMM). It sold 28,026,000 CDIs for $53.3 million – a stake that would only have been worth little over a third of that when it first bought in a couple of years ago.