Closing Bell: Market slips, but Materials up 1.23%

The ASX 200 index closed near its lows Thursday, falling by 0.26% on lower-than-normal volume.

Nine out of 11 sectors were lower, led by Health Care, which lost 1.44%.

The Materials sector – which includes chemicals and plastics, construction materials, wood products and metals and minerals — was a standout, gaining 1.23%.

4.2bn shares were traded on Thursday worth an above average $7.5bn. 669 stocks rose, 720 fell & 417 finished unchanged.

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TODAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade.)

CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	% CHANGE	VOLUME	MARKET CAP
DTR	Dateline Resources	0.135	65	11792306	$ 30,977,648.40
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.003	50	6515514	$ 29,405,147.42
ATU	Atrum Coal	0.063	47	8028061	$ 25,023,061.08
INV	Investsmart Group	0.25	35	80895	$ 25,603,173.98
ANL	Amani Gold	0.002	33	2375441	$ 18,580,495.12
MR1	Montem Resources	0.05	25	2433373	$ 7,857,676.44
AXP	AXP Energy	0.005	25	11377237	$ 18,714,050.08
GGX	Gas2Grid Limited	0.0025	25	2436682	$ 8,092,204.16
LNY	Laneway Res	0.005	25	15441987	$ 15,616,263.73
SMI	Santana Minerals	0.105	24	281199	$ 9,692,774.06
RNO	Rhinomed	0.215	19	1155492	$ 45,685,643.76
ATH	Alterity Therap	0.04	18	30884874	$ 81,833,735.65
SCU	Stemcell United	0.021	17	52183838	$ 18,779,771.84
NXM	Nexus Minerals	0.098	15	3000958	$ 20,752,892.04
AFW	Applyflow Limited	0.008	14	3355089	$ 12,682,976.17
ELS	Elsight	0.48	14	939301	$ 56,003,464.44
ERW	Errawarra Resources	0.24	14	620270	$ 7,133,929.11
KIN	KIN Min NL	0.16	14	4237661	$ 111,886,927.74
IBG	Ironbark Zinc	0.025	14	3302515	$ 26,461,417.27
FMS	Flinders Mines	1.02	13	16811	$ 151,963,719.30
CCZ	Castillo Copper	0.043	13	71162295	$ 47,783,185.01
TUL	Tulla Resources	0.52	13	396272	$ 73,699,761.12

Dateline Resources (ASX:DTR) completed a review of US Geological Service data in conjunction with the acquisition of the Colosseum Gold Mine in California — and the outcome is prospectivity for rare earths. Cue 65% charge for the $48m capped junior.

Castillo (ASX:CCZ) hit 34m of visible copper mineralisation at ‘The Big One’ in Queensland.

Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI) pulled up more high grade gold at the Bendigo-Ophir Project.

Biotech Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:ATH) gained on positive study results, while digital wealth advisory platform InvestSMART Group (ASX:INV) gained on a positive business update.

TODAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	% CHANGE	VOLUME	MARKET CAP
OOK	Ookami Limited	0.25	-85.7955	4297625	58341050.24
WNX	Wellnex Life	0.12	-76	10096849	150376335
OAK	Oakridge	0.001	-50	572575	6878585.838
M8S	M8 Sustainable	0.003	-40	1533674	1166149.175
VMG	VDM Group Limited	0.0015	-25	500000	13855321.9
ATR	Astron Corp	0.42	-18	3885	62463309.78
NME	Nex Metals Exploration	0.044	-17	3820188	14152252.07
BAS	Bass Oil	0.0025	-17	1129381	10026420.29
BSM	Bass Metals	0.005	-17	8969322	26308741.82
BDG	Black Dragon Gold	0.072	-15	513652	11529327.84
ERL	Empire Resources	0.012	-14	873701	12722500.31
PG1	Pearl Global	0.045	-13	1055	19343958.3
INF	Infinity Lithium	0.135	-13	5445358	62411456.18
ERG	Eneco Refresh	0.036	-12	7500	11166692.23
PYR	Payright Limited	0.51	-12	185089	39542415.82
TEM	Tempest Minerals	0.022	-12	2474876	6794782.65
JPR	Jupiter Energy	0.037	-12	149897	6441863.106
AGY	Argosy Minerals	0.115	-12	7091907	162535321.5
MAN	Mandrake Res	0.115	-12	27307927	55669135.08
LSA	Lachlan Star	0.039	-11	15699555	55946559.2
PSC	Prospect Res	0.275	-11	2551705	115948015.1

ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY’VE MISSED

Former ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has joined the board of small cap digital bank BNK Bank (ASX:BBC) as independent non-exec director.

$300m market cap breast cancer killer Volpara Health Technologies (ASX:VHT) has been granted a new European patent.

Carnavale Resources (ASX:CAV) pulled up “bonanza” grades at the Kookynie gold project, not to be confused with Metalicity (ASX:MCT) and Nex Metals’ (ASX:NME) more advanced Kookynie project — which also happens to be right next door.

$93m market cap pine chemical stock Leaf Resources (ASX:LER) will double production capacity to 16,000tpa following successful product testing and a subsequent purchase order from Yasuhara Chemical.

Increased production is expected to boost annual revenue by 123% to ~$70m.