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

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Friday, August 7.

Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST.

Stocks highlighted in yellow made potentially market-moving announcements during the day.

Today 679 stocks rose, 666 declined and 755 were unchanged.

WINNERS:

CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	CHANGE	VOLUME
4DX	4DMedical	1.5	105.48%	34.1M
SUV	Suvo Strategic Minerals	0.04	95.00%	26.7M
KZA	Kazia Therapeutics	0.88	57.14%	8.7M
AQI	Alicanto Minerals	0.13	56.25%	21.3M
BAS	Bass Oil	0.0015	50.00%	2.8M
ECT	Environmental Clean Technologi	0.0015	50.00%	126.3k
PNX	PNX METALS	0.013	44.44%	44.5M
EQE	Equus Mining	0.021	40.00%	138.5M
DTI	DTI Group	0.027	35.00%	347.0k
KTE	K2 Energy	0.027	35.00%	4.3M
RMP	Red Emperor Resources NL	0.012	33.33%	7.1M
GGX	Gas2Grid	0.002	33.33%	4.6M
OLV	Otherlevels Holdings	0.004	33.33%	4.8M
ARR	American Rare Earths	0.033	32.00%	9.2M
MLM	Metallica Minerals	0.022	29.41%	66.0k
LPD	Lepidico	0.009	28.57%	119.2M
AQD	AusQuest	0.034	25.93%	18.9M
RNE	ReNu Energy	0.025	25.00%	61.4k
GED	Golden Deeps	0.015	25.00%	63.3M
CZN	Corazon Mining	0.0025	25.00%	41.2M
XTC	Xantippe Resources	0.0025	25.00%	5.8M
ALG	Ardent Leisure Group	0.41	22.73%	13.3M

Scandinavia-focused gold-base metals explorer Alicanto Minerals (ASX:AQI) got a boost after Ray Shorrocks joined the board as non-exec chairman.

Shorrocks was former chairman of red-hot ASX 300 company Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL), and is current chairman of multi-bagger gold stock Auteco Minerals (ASX:AUT).

New WA strategic minerals explorer Suvo (ASX:SUV)had a great first day on the ASX, up 95 per cent.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded ‘Rare Pediatric Disease Designation’ to Kazia Therapeutics (ASX:KZA) drug which treats a “rare and highly-aggressive” childhood brain cancer.

And Equus Mining (ASX:EQE) was up after announcing a new drilling program at the high-grade, development-ready Cerro Bayo silver-gold project in southern Chile.

LOSERS:

CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	CHANGE	VOLUME
UUL	Ultima United	0.14	-36.36%	878.4k
ZEU	Zeus Resources	0.011	-26.67%	500.0k
ROG	Red Sky Energy	0.0015	-25.00%	5.0M
PNN	PepinNini Lithium	0.0015	-25.00%	4.4M
IEC	Intra Energy Corp	0.007	-22.22%	870.6k
TYX	Tyranna Resources	0.004	-20.00%	8.0M
KEY	Key Petroleum	0.004	-20.00%	4.2M
TIA	Tian An Australia	0.17	-19.05%	4.3k
CCG	CommsChoice Group	0.08	-16.00%	349.3k
AEF	Australian Ethical Investment	5.06	-15.53%	2.9M
WTL	WT Financial Group	0.03	-14.29%	315.2k
TPD	Talon Petroleum	0.003	-14.29%	1.3M
FPL	Fremont Petroleum	0.003	-14.29%	1.2M
ENA	Ensurance	0.012	-14.29%	800.0k
RDH	RedHill Education	0.43	-14.00%	43.3k
MTC	MetalsTech	0.23	-13.21%	1.9M
ODM	Odin Metals	0.03	-12.90%	11.2M
PO3	Purifloh	2.05	-12.77%	20.1k
SRN	Surefire Resources	0.007	-12.50%	5.5M
SHH	Shree Minerals	0.007	-12.50%	18.0M
KAS	Kasbah Resources	0.007	-12.50%	249.1k