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Closing Bell: Cancer-fighting medtech stock rockets 138% higher as ASX trades flat
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Local stocks lost ground on Thursday, with minor falls at the big end of town and a slightly steeper drop of ~0.8% for the microcap Emerging Markets Index.
The ASX opened with a weak lead from Wall Street, after a fortnight of steady gains as investors responded to US corporate earnings season.
There were few catalysts in Asian trade, as the major indexes in Hong Kong and Japan also fell.
By sector, banking and gold stocks were the best performers as bond yields continued to climb.
US bond yields rose strongly again overnight and today the RBA chose not to buy April-2024 date debt as part of its yield curve control operations — a move which saw the yield on three-year Australian government bonds spike sharply higher.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVX | Invion Ltd | 0.031 | 138% | 498,430,006 |
| ALT | Analytica Limited | 0.002 | 100% | 6,109,392 |
| NPM | Newpeak Metals | 0.002 | 100% | 4,333,334 |
| OAK | Oakridge | 0.002 | 100% | 1,066,816 |
| ANL | Amani Gold Ltd | 0.003 | 50% | 24,669,437 |
| PIL | Peppermint Inv Ltd | 0.022 | 29% | 56,338,509 |
| VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.003 | 20% | 54,786,059 |
| SPN | Sparc Tech Ltd | 1.23 | 19% | 1,875,823 |
| DEL | Delorean Corporation | 0.225 | 18% | 1,784,496 |
| AFA | ASF Group Limited | 0.052 | 18% | 20,000 |
| MXO | Motio Ltd | 0.084 | 17% | 519,218 |
| AFW | Applyflow Limited | 0.007 | 17% | 69,062,158 |
| AUH | Austchina Holdings | 0.007 | 17% | 7,271,315 |
| GGX | Gas2Grid Limited | 0.0035 | 17% | 877,215 |
| BBT | Bluebet Holdings Ltd | 2 | 16% | 1,675,856 |
| GL1 | Globallith | 0.485 | 15% | 1,452,628 |
Cancer-fighting company Invion (ASX:IVX) was the standout performer of the day, after reporting that studies had shown “complete regression of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) in vivo (on mice)” following application of the company’s INV043 treatment.
“TNBC is a hard-to-treat cancer that is resistant to most chemotherapies,” IVX said.
The results showed that tumour masses were undetectable after two weeks, with no scarring or recurrence of the disease which suggests “protective immunity”, the company added.
Invion CEO Thian Chew said the in vivo tests “sets the foundation for Invion to progress INV043 towards clinical trials”.
Among stocks with news, Philippines-based tech play Peppermint Innovations (ASX:PIL) was among the leaders after securing a gateway agreement with Dragonpay, one of the country’s largest payment networks.
TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS
(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOO | Wooboard Tech Ltd | 0.002 | -33.3% | 210,877,921 |
| YPB | YPB Group Ltd | 0.002 | -33.3% | 17,334,432 |
| PRM | Prominence Energy | 0.008 | -27.3% | 126,338,159 |
| KOR | Korab Resources | 0.06 | -20.0% | 23,086,617 |
| BAS | Bass Oil Ltd | 0.002 | -20.0% | 1,823,001 |
| VIC | Victory Mines Ltd | 0.002 | -20.0% | 234,823 |
| CMD | Cassius Mining Ltd | 0.017 | -19.0% | 3,922,980 |
| PBH | Pointsbet Holdings | 8.63 | -18.3% | 10,944,332 |
| RWD | Reward Minerals Ltd | 0.14 | -17.6% | 2,178,148 |
| RHI | Red Hill Iron | 3.4 | -16.9% | 150,006 |
| FHS | Freehill Mining Ltd. | 0.025 | -16.7% | 1,467,208 |
| BUX | Buxton Resources Ltd | 0.096 | -16.5% | 880,454 |
| PVW | PVW Res Ltd | 0.42 | -16.0% | 514,027 |
| DTC | Damstra Holdings | 0.775 | -15.8% | 2,439,938 |
| IBG | Ironbark Zinc Ltd | 0.044 | -15.4% | 7,167,064 |
ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY’VE MISSED
Today Mainstream (ASX:MAI) and Youfoodz (ASX:YFZ) were formally removed from the ASX. This followed their shareholders approving of their respective takeover bids from Vistra and HelloFresh respectively.
Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) announced it was launching cow’s milk powder products for entire families – not just babies. The company says the global market opportunity is US$15.7 billion and initial target markets will include China, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
CIMIC (ASX:CIM) as part of a consortium with Spark was awarded a contract to deliver the North East Link in Melbourne. The company anticipates $3.8 billion all up with most (but not all) to be received during the operational phase.
Orbital Corporation (ASX:OEC) signed a MoU with Skyways, a Texas based company specialising in unmanned cargo transport. Orbital will deliver a pre-production, heavy fueld engine to Skyways to integrate into the company’s next generation unmanned air system.
Triangle Energy (ASX:TEG) reinstated the reserves at Cliff Head. The company had withdrawn it last year when BP announced it was ceasing fuel production at Kwinana but having signed an offtake agreement with BP Singapore, Triangle says it now has sufficient reasonable basis to attribute reserves.
Friday
Bioxyne (ASX:BXN) – potential acquisition
Vulcan (ASX:VUL) – short seller response
Mighty Craft (ASX:MCL) – capital raising
Gascoyne Resources (ASX:GCY) – takeover offer update
ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) – capital raising
Sky Metals (ASX:SKY) – capital raising
Pacific Nickel Mines (ASX:PNM) – capital raising
Prospect Resources (ASX:PSC) – capital raising
Korab Resources (ASX:KOR) – capital raising
Monday
Global Lithium Resources (ASX:GL1) – capital raising
Resources & Energy Group (ASX:REZ) – capital raising
Frontier Resources (ASX:FNT) – acquisition
Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX) – capital raising
Gateway Mining (ASX:GML) – capital raising
Antisense Therapeutics (ASX:ANP) – European regulator response
Blue Star Helium (ASX:BNL) – capital raising
Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI) – capital raising
Red Dirt Metals (ASX:RDT) – assay results
Patrys (ASX:PAB) – capital raising
Hexima (ASX:HXL) – capital raising
