Things are getting decidedly edgy on stock markets to start the year, amid lingering uncertainty around tighter financial conditions, Omicron fears and ongoing supply chain gluts.
That flowed through to an ugly session for ASX small caps after a rough session on Wall Street overnight.
The Emerging Companies index — a composite gauge of stocks outside the ASX 300 — slumped by 3.99% for its worst daily session since September 20.
There were few standouts in Friday trade, as a number of small cap tech stocks got belted while only a small handful of companies posted material gains on market-moving announcements.
Other risk assets including crypto are also under pressure, with Bitcoin slumping below US$40,000 in afternoon Asian trade.
Looking ahead, US markets don’t look on track for a rebound to end the week, with Nasdaq 100 futures markets pointing more than 1% at 4pm EST, following a sharp fall of more than 2% overnight.
TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS
(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).
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Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
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PCL | Pancontinental Energ | 0.003 | 50% | 16,321,346 |
VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.003 | 50% | 3,590,417 |
CAV | Carnavale Resources | 0.017 | 42% | 211,814,994 |
CTO | Citigold Corp Ltd | 0.01 | 25% | 158,204 |
MEB | Medibio Limited | 0.005 | 25% | 699,478 |
MLS | Metals Australia | 0.0025 | 25% | 7,952,636 |
VMG | VDM Group Limited | 0.0025 | 25% | 1,024 |
XRG | Xreality Group Ltd | 0.067 | 24% | 10,709,931 |
99L | 99 Loyalty Ltd. | 0.033 | 22% | 539,256 |
PNX | PNX Metals Limited | 0.006 | 20% | 1,677,515 |
CRB | Carbine Resources | 0.033 | 18% | 1,580,424 |
ORN | Orion Minerals Ltd | 0.031 | 17% | 31,676,937 |
ADY | Admiralty Resources. | 0.014 | 17% | 50,001 |
COY | Coppermoly Limited | 0.014 | 17% | 63,700 |
MTB | Mount Burgess Mining | 0.007 | 17% | 67,142 |
JAY | Jayride Group | 0.22 | 16% | 51,600 |
NES | Nelson Resources. | 0.038 | 15% | 2,838,823 |
CLE | Cyclone Metals | 0.004 | 14% | 13,024,492 |
IAM | Income Asset | 0.2825 | 13% | 3,540 |
ODM | Odin Metals Limited | 0.028 | 12% | 162,702 |
NIS | Nickelsearch | 0.24 | 12% | 2,137,654 |
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On the winner’s list, interactive technology company XReality Group (ASX:XRG) held its gains from morning trade after announcing that John Diddams would return to the company he helped list (in 2013) as new Chairman.
Carnavale Resources (ASX:CAV) also continued it stellar run this week with a 45% surge on Friday, three days after flagging ‘bonanza’ gold results at its ‘Kookynie’ project north of Kalgoorlie, which included a highlight 16m at 20.92g/t from 161m (inc.10m @ 31.88g/t) from the McTavish East prospect.
Fixed income investment group Income Asset Management (ASX:IAM) also bounced off recent lows with a gain of more than 10% on no news.
TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS
(Stocks highlighted in yellow fell after making announcements during the trading day).
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Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
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OXT | Orexplore Technologies | 0.14 | -44.0% | 9,718,324 |
BEZ | Besragoldinc | 0.1 | -28.6% | 1,453,072 |
FEX | Fenix Resources Ltd | 0.235 | -25.4% | 22,490,916 |
WOO | Wooboard Tech Ltd | 0.0015 | -25.0% | 5,760,000 |
NXL | Nuix Limited | 1.59 | -22.8% | 7,171,452 |
AAJ | Aruma Resources Ltd | 0.089 | -22.6% | 3,849,979 |
TSC | Twenty Seven Co. Ltd | 0.004 | -20.0% | 2,185,785 |
YPB | YPB Group Ltd | 0.002 | -20.0% | 2,441,736 |
SMS | Starmineralslimited | 0.17 | -19.0% | 25,000 |
CNR | Cannon Resources | 0.4 | -18.4% | 489,537 |
BMM | Balkan M&M | 0.405 | -18.2% | 764,474 |
CGS | Cogstate Ltd | 1.9 | -18.1% | 2,068,111 |
AUA | Audeara | 0.115 | -17.9% | 603,378 |
CGB | Cann Global Limited | 0.0025 | -16.7% | 8,178,794 |
GGX | Gas2Grid Limited | 0.0025 | -16.7% | 300,000 |
4DS | 4Ds Memory Limited | 0.096 | -16.5% | 22,458,841 |
AV1 | Adveritas Ltd | 0.115 | -14.8% | 1,482,419 |
SMI | Santana Minerals Ltd | 0.27 | -14.3% | 2,884,474 |
ASQ | Australian Silica | 0.12 | -14.3% | 315,382 |
DDD | 3D Resources Limited | 0.003 | -14.3% | 23,381,086 |
HMI | Hiremii | 0.049 | -14.0% | 226,400 |
PVW | PVW Res Ltd | 0.46 | -14.0% | 342,601 |
OIL | Optiscan Imaging | 0.155 | -13.9% | 466,487 |
GO2 | Thego2People | 0.031 | -13.9% | 43,856 |
TOU | Tlou Energy Ltd | 0.039 | -13.3% | 701,915 |
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Leading the laggards was Orexplore Technologies (ASX:OXT), which had a lacklustre IPO after raising $2.5m at 25c a share.
The mining technology company is looking to accelerate growth for its GeoCore X10 product which helps to speed up the analysis process from drill results.
ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Sanitiser company Zoona Group (ASX:ZNO) has announced both legal claims against the company have been finalised but it hasn’t come cheaply with a bill of US$700k.
Sky Scrapers General Trading LLC launched legal action following Zoona’s decision in 2020 to terminate its distribution agreement for the UAE and Oman.
Zoona will pay US$700k to Sky Scrapers, split 50:50 between cash and shares, which it says will be partially offset by the return of all stock held by Sky Scrapers with provision of NZ $1 million made in its half-yearly accounts to foot the bill.
In return Zoona has re-acquired complete control of its products in the UAE and Oman.
The Federal Court has ordered a meeting of Over the Wire Holdings (ASX:OTW) shareholders to consider and vote on Aussie Broadband’s $390.4 million takeover of the company.
It was announced Aussie Broadband planned a 100% acquisition of shares in OTW by way of a scheme late last year. The court also approved distribution of an explanatory statement providing information about the scheme to shareholders, with the virtual meeting scheduled for Febuary 24.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies went into a halt on Friday and are expected to recommence trading over the next few days.
Carnaby Resources (ASX:CNB) — Capital raising
Regis Resources (ASX:RRL) — Geotechnical incident at Rosemont open pit
Sultan Resources (ASX:SLZ) — Capital raising
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