It was another day of gains for the ASX led by the energy sector.

The ASX 200 rose by 0.116% to close at 7,437 while the ASX Emerging Companies Index rose 0.56% to close at 2,527.

Although there was an even number of winners and losers among ASX sectors, energy rose above the rest with a 4.45% gain mostly thanks to rising oil prices.

Utilities and property trusts also had solid gains, rising by over 1% while the worst sector was industrials retreating 1.06%.

Stocks elsewhere in Asia were slightly down as well as investors anticipated US inflation data due out tonight.

 

TODAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
MHK Metalhawk. 0.675 265 52051459
HNR Hannans Ltd 0.02 54 136641324
ACB A-Cap Energy Ltd 0.135 44 5300450
ERW Errawarra Resources 0.3 36 2057708
CDR Codrus Minerals Ltd 0.2 29 4433208
CAU Cronos Australia 0.135 29 877288
CXO Core Lithium 0.445 27 56807466
3DP Pointerra Limited 0.46 26 4683095
TOE Toro Energy Limited 0.039 26 87381511
PTX Prescient Ltd 0.27 26 5939348
NXM Nexus Minerals Ltd 0.37 25 9451966
LNY Laneway Res Ltd 0.005 25 1600000
MM1 Midasmineralsltd 0.205 24 673504
Z2U Zoom2Utechnologies 0.43 23 2979800
PH2 Pure Hydrogen Corp 0.25 22 4533157
M8S M8 Sustainable 0.032 21 6273796
ENR Encounter Resources 0.295 20 1547331
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.003 20 2123658
AIR Astivita Ltd 0.75 17 26815
AMD Arrow Minerals 0.007 17 2867392
IPT Impact Minerals 0.014 16 8144238
NME Nex Metals Explorat 0.043 16 1892543
FNT Frontier Resources 0.022 16 28696853
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Metalhawk (ASX:MHK) rocketed by 265% off the back of a nickel sulphide discovery at the Berehaven nickel prospect.

Pot stock Cronos Australia (ASX:CAU) rose after announcing it was merging with CDA Health – a private medical cannabis company based in Queensland.

Recently listed explorer Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) announced a drilling campaign will get underway soon are it hired a drilling contractor.

And Nex Metals (ASX:NME) rose after its joint venture partner Metalicity (ASX:MCT) unveiled a proposal to combine the two companies even though Nex told its shareholders to take no action at this stage.

 

TODAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.002 -33 152658591
CGB Cann Global Limited 0.003 -25 2162292
MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.004 -20 9465621
RXH Rewardle Holding Ltd 0.013 -19 1064591
SVS Sunvest Corporation 0.5 -16 1000
AEF Australian Ethical 9.59 -13 895519
CXU Cauldron Energy Ltd 0.041 -13 15174372
AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.007 -13 2655292
CVS Cervantes Corp Ltd 0.007 -13 6224200
PO3 Purifloh Ltd 1.35 -12 2500
MMG Monger Gold Ltd 0.25 -12 323533
GGE Grand Gulf Energy 0.029 -12 4323899
DTM Dart Mining NL 0.11 -12 627363
BCA Black Canyon Limited 0.265 -12 230620
MEI Meteoric Resources 0.031 -11 11681584
ARO Astro Resources NL 0.004 -11 310000
RIM Rimfire Pacific 0.008 -11 474187
TZN Terramin Australia 0.033 -11 100000
TTA TTA Holdings Ltd 0.042 -11 245224
VMY Vimy Resources Ltd 0.21 -11 15865765
GTI Gratifii 0.026 -10 512120
BRB Breaker Res NL 0.27 -10 2771520
HE8 Helios Energy Ltd 0.135 -10 668203
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Rewardle (ASX:RXH) fell after a company update.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY’VE MISSED

Vaughan Bowen, a prominent figure in the telco space, has been charged with insider trading and appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today. ASIC alleges he sold 5.6 million shares in June 2019 knowing before the market that a private equity group eyeing off Vocus Group would likely withdraw the offer. The matter has been listed for court on December 7 but telco Uniti (ASX:UWL), which Bowen sits on the board of, went into a trading halt this afternoon.

Star Entertainment Group (ASX:SGR) told shareholders the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority had hired a Senior Counsel – in Adam Bell who led the Bergin Inquiry into Crown’s Barangaroo casino – to conduct a regular review into its operations. The final report, is expected in late January 2022.

Perpetual Resources (ASX:PEC) has commenced a scoping study to analyse the economics of a Direct Shipping Ore production scenario at its Beharra Silica Sands project. The company says this is in response to inbound interest from a current offtake partner whose modelling had found that this scenario could achieve a product with materially lower iron content meaning less impurities.

Corella Resources (ASX:CR9) expanded its regional scale landholding at the Tampu Kaolin project. The latest move increases its land holding by 446% and the company expects a Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate by this month’s end.

Propel Funeral Partners (ASX:PFP) is forking out $17.6 million to buy three funeral parlours, two in Adelaide and one in Auckland. These perform 1,200 funeral per annum and generated revenue of $9 million in the most recent financial year.

CIMIC Group (ASX:CIM) company UGL, a member of the RailConnect joint venture, was awarded a contract extension to increase the size of New South Wales’ Mariyung train fleet and install an additional transformer at the Central Coast maintenance facility. This extension will generate revenue of over $100 million to UGL alone.

Micro-X’s (ASX:MX1) portable x-ray Rover is now listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods. This means it is commercially available for medical use in Australia – a market opportunity the company says is worth $10 million annually.

 

TRADING HALTS

Wednesday

Conico (ASX:CNJ) – capital raising
Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) – capital raising
Golden Rim Resources (ASX:GMR) – capital raising
Cullen Resources (ASX:CUL) – exploration update
GBM Resources (ASX:GBZ) – capital raising
Corazon Mining (ASX:CZN) – capital raising
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (ASX:HDN) – capital raising
Hotel Property Investments (ASX:HPI) – capital rising
Uniti (ASX:UWL) – response to media

Thursday

Vulcan (ASX:VUL) – capital raising
A-Cap Energy (ASX:ACB) – capital raising
Jadar Resources (ASX:JDR) – acquisition