Closing Bell: Markets go easy peasy lemon squeezy on Anthony Norman Albanese

Aussie markets opened slightly ahead this morning after man of the moment Anthony Norman Albanese was sworn in as the 31st prime minister and posed for a happy ALP family pic, thus ended 10 years of conservative government.

Throughout the day the local bourse was as indecisive as a Labor Prime Minister (pick one) and by close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was maybe ahead three points, but not enough to move the dial.

The Emerging Companies (XEC) index, meanwhile fell 0.2%.

Leading the gainers was the materials sector, up 0.86% along with energy which rose 0.39%. Healthcare led the laggards, dropping 0.76%, followed by financials down 0.68% and utilities, which fell 0.6%.

Around the region, the Nikkei 225 Index was up 0.1%, while the Hang Seng fell 1.4% and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.34% following Friday’s mixed trade on global equity markets.

When US markets open for Monday trade investors will be truly hoping fortunes turn around. The Dow fell 2.9% last week, the eight straight decline and longest losing streak since 1932.

The S&P 400 toppled 3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 3.8% last week, the seventh straight decline and longest losing streaks for both indices since 2001.

Ahead of the open, all three major US indices pointing to a rebound, with the Dow up 0.64%, S&P 500 to rise 0.83% and Nasdaq up 1.03%.

TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Last	%	Volume
ANL	Amani Gold Ltd	0.0015	50%	1,891,575
UUL	Ultima Utd Ltd	0.085	37%	602,474
EVE	EVE Health Group Ltd	0.002	33%	1,217,001
DAF	Discovery Alaska Ltd	0.083	28%	10,356,897
CTT	Cettire	0.69	25%	2,541,160
RAS	Ragusa Minerals Ltd	0.1	25%	19,136,776
WOA	Wide Open Agricultur	0.675	25%	1,022,495
ZAG	Zuleika Gold Ltd	0.037	23%	4,092,832
CTE	Cryosite Limited	0.73	18%	153,590
SGI	Stealth Global	0.115	17%	318,102
BBX	BBX Minerals Ltd	0.105	17%	270,350
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.007	17%	2,312,103
AYA	Artryalimited	0.955	16%	23,743
PO3	Purifloh Ltd	0.32	16%	31,235
BLZ	Blaze Minerals Ltd	0.029	16%	1,886,712
PUA	Peak Minerals Ltd	0.015	15%	1,343,260
WWG	Wisewaygroupltd	0.21	15%	10,202
DNK	Danakali Limited	0.315	15%	597,207
CDA	Codan Limited	7.73	15%	2,395,133
AHN	Athena Resources	0.008	14%	5,000
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.008	14%	2,958,071
NC1	Nicoresourceslimited	1.32	14%	821,131
NGY	Nuenergy Gas Ltd	0.024	14%	4,000
MGL	Magontec Limited	0.38	13%	1,485
EAX	Energy Action Ltd	0.17	13%	46,400

Day One of Albanese has been good to Discovery Alaska (ASX:DAF) which has seen its share price soar ~24% today ~8.1 cents upon more positive news about its Coal Creek lithium prospect.

The company announced further evidence of lithium potential of Coal Creek prospect at the Chultina project in Alaska with confirmation from a handheld SciAps Z-901 laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyser (sounds like a power instrument).

Discovery Alaska said its now reviewing historical drill core at Coal Creek and re-analysing core samples with the intention of discovering a lithium resource and establishing a JORC-compliant resource.

TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow fell after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Last	%	Volume
M8S	M8 Sustainable	0.011	-42%	16,745,886
1AE	Auroraenergymetals	0.295	-21%	5,695,097
RMI	Resource Mining Corp	0.089	-19%	3,948,833
FRS	Forrestaniaresources	0.19	-17%	283,085
TEM	Tempest Minerals	0.053	-17%	34,463,322
ZLD	Zelira Therapeutics	1.35	-17%	16,440
1AG	Alterra Limited	0.015	-17%	802,498
AQX	Alice Queen Ltd	0.005	-17%	554,869
CT1	Constellation Tech	0.005	-17%	1,008,343
KEY	KEY Petroleum	0.0025	-17%	57,513
SYA	Sayona Mining Ltd	0.235	-16%	171,018,040
TVL	Touch Ventures	0.145	-15%	471,177
LSA	Lachlan Star Ltd	0.018	-14%	388,841
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.009	-14%	56,632,578
AMD	Arrow Minerals	0.003	-14%	41,342
ARE	Argonaut Resources	0.003	-14%	13,695,056
DXN	DXN Limited	0.006	-14%	133,902
ESR	Estrella Res Ltd	0.024	-14%	3,637,521
RVS	Revasum	0.46	-13%	167,818
CG1	Carbonxt Group	0.2	-13%	459,794
AJQ	Armour Energy Ltd	0.007	-13%	150,000
ESH	Esports Mogul Ltd	0.0035	-13%	9,131,942
JTL	Jayex Technology Ltd	0.007	-13%	500,000
MEB	Medibio Limited	0.0035	-13%	4,371,914
TAR	Taruga Minerals	0.021	-13%	1,741,382

ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

One of only a handful of players in the world developing qubit processor chip technology in the semiconductor industry, Archer Materials Limited (ASX:AXE) has announced it’s been granted a patent on its CQ quantum computing chip (CQ Chip) technology. The patent will allow Archer to hoard its tech better than a dragon on a pile of gold, and joins other market patents granted in a number of other jurisdictions around the world.

Meanwhile, Elsight Limited (ASX: ELS) has informed the market that the early exercise of options, first flagged on April 7, 2022, has dragged a tidy $3.345 million into the company coffers. Elsight plans on funnelling the money into speeding up the commercial roll-out of its “Halo” technology, which recently received a boost after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was cool about the tech riding aboard Airobotic’s Model OPTIMUS1-EX unmanned drones.

Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) has issued an announcement about an exciting development at its Coolgardie West project, where the company says it’s found a 2km long, contiguous Li, Cs, Nb, Rb and Tl soil geochemical anomaly characteristic of highly fractionated pegmatites. We’ve run that through our in-house Translation Bot 9000 (Patent Pending), and it means Lodestar believes it’s onto a promising site for lithium exploration.

And lastly, BIR Financial (ASX:BIR) has revealed that is has settled its beef with ousted Pulse CEO Andrew Braund. Under the agreement reach, Braund is set to pocket 15 million fully paid ordinaryBIR Financial shares. In return, Braund will drop the District Court Proceedings he initiated over his termination from Pulse.