Closing Bell: Today’s biggest small cap movers on the ASX

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest movers – the winners and losers alike.

Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT.

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

WINNERS

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
OEX	Oilex Ltd	0.012	300	296,534,043
MSI	Multistack Internat.	0.05	61	18,601,223
FPL	Fremont Petroleum	0.009	50	767,023,319
APG	Austpac Resources NL	0.003	50	5,189,568
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0.003	50	8,096,667
ANA	Ansila Energy	0.031	35	55,783,192
TNK	Think Childcare	3.05	32	857,419
RTR	Rumble Res Limited	0.135	29	2,545,649
FAU	First Au Ltd	0.019	26	3,923,453
TOE	Toro Energy Limited	0.024	26	15,039,137
SVS	Sunvest Corporation	0.45	25	22,346
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.0025	25	11,507,537
XTC	Xantippe Res Ltd	0.0025	25	11,340,976
GTG	Genetic Technologies	0.011	22	17,282,331
ART	Airtasker Limited	1.4	21	6,674,129
AZI	Alta Zinc Ltd	0.006	20	21,520,731
SBR	Sabre Resources	0.006	20	7,064,998
ENX	Enegex Limited	0.125	19	3,858,737
BXN	Bioxyne Ltd	0.019	19	1,275,000
AU1	The Agency Group Aus	0.077	18	4,507,259
HCD	Hydrocarbon Dynamic	0.026	18	6,359,148

Small cap oil & gas plays were in the news today, with both good and bad results.

Topping the winner’s list was Oilex (ASX:OEX), which quadrupled in value to 1.2c after a long-awaited deal to acquire the 55 per cent stake in Cambay oilfield (situated in the Indian state of Gujarat) that it doesn’t already own got over the line, for a purchase price of $US2.2m.

Also near the front of the pack among company’s with announcements was Fremont Petroleum (ASX:FPL), which rose on the back of a new staff hire after announcing that oil & gas executive Simon Johnson has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman. Johnson’s career experience includes senior positions at a number of NYSE-listed drilling contractors.

LOSERS

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
88E	88 Energy Ltd	0.024	-67	1,422,057,023
SGC	Sacgasco Ltd	0.033	-59	51,229,228
XST	Xstate Resources	0.005	-58	396,402,963
MLS	Metals Australia	0.002	-20	37,291,500
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.004	-20	19,958,273
UUV	UUV Aquabotix Ltd	0.002	-20	9,830,528
RTE	Retech Tech Co., Ltd	0.24	-19	5,000
ZEO	Zeotech Limited	0.087	-17	21,425,783
ARC	Aust Rural Cap Ltd	0.22	-17	28,436
RWD	Reward Minerals Ltd	0.125	-17	427,648
GGX	Gas2Grid Limited	0.005	-17	70,561,895
OVT	Ovato Limited	0.005	-17	1,100
TSL	Titanium Sands Ltd	0.027	-16	550,427
AAP	Australian Agri Ltd	0.017	-15	171,998
DCX	Discovex Res Ltd	0.006	-14	10,381,469
NWE	Norwest Energy NL	0.006	-14	17,917,914
ROG	Red Sky Energy	0.012	-14	851,895,583
G88	Golden Mile Res Ltd	0.099	-14	11,615,131
KMT	Kopore Metals Ltd	0.019	-14	2,849,022
ONX	Orminexltd	0.038	-14	1,510,226