• The ASX 200 rose 0.30%, as the day turned out flattish to half decent, rather than deadset flattened
  • The fact US Congress types look like reaching a debt-ceiling deal no doubt helped matters
  • Healthcare and tech stonks are up, while Paladin Energy makes a recovery

 

It all happened on the Aussie bourse today. Well, some of it did. And that includes the fact tech and health stocks had a decent day, as did the ASX 200 over all, with Paladin Energy making quite the comeback after a bloody awful day or so.

As Stockhead‘s Eddy Sunarto reported in his ASX Large Caps column, “earlier today, the (US) House voted 314-117 and advanced the (debt ceiling) bill to the Senate. The outcome is billed as a rare moment of bipartisan accord in a bitterly divided House.”

Josh Gilbert, an analyst at eToro, noted:

“The prospect of a debt-ceiling deal and a pause from the Federal Reserve at its June 15th meeting could help boost US markets in the short term.”

And a boosted US market usually tends to boost Aussie stocks, too.

And on that note, after poking its head out of its burrow for a very tentative look around this morning, the ASX 200 (+0.27% at closing time) has been content to forage around above ground for the odd half tasty morsel. It found a few here and there in the following couple of standout sectors:

Healthcare: 4D Medical (ASX:4DX) : +5.8%; EBR Systems (ASX:EBR): +5%.

IT: Catapult Group (ASX:CAT) : +5.5%; Appen (ASX:APX): +4.6; Infomedia (ASX:IFM) : +4.4%.

Source: marketindex.com.au

Meanwhile, in the flat-trading Energy sector today, one big name caught some headlines – Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN).

Finishing the daily proceedings up 10.55%, it was a much better day for the large-scale  uranium production company. And that’s because the firm has alleviated fears regarding Namibia’s potential move to nationalise uranium companies.

The future ownership of Paladin’s Langer Heinrich mine in southern Africa was in question, but investors seem to be relatively satisfied with the firm’s soothing of concerns, for now.

Paladin says it is “not aware of any imminent proposed Namibian legislative changes that would affect the ownership of the Langer Heinrich mine”, of which the firm holds a 75% interest.

 

Red faces

In other news, how’s this? Australia’s richest company, BHP, has made the embarrassing admission it, to quote Stockhead‘s Josh Chiat, has essentially become “the latest major Aussie business to dud employees out of millions.

“US$280m to be exact, or 430 million buckaroos in the local parlance.”

Labor Senator Tony Sheldon put it in even starker terms here…

That said, how did BHP (ASX:BHP) fare today? Hardly disastrous as it turns out: +0.12%.

 

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
TNY Tinybeans Group Ltd 0.23 53% 93,621 $9,207,818
CCO The Calmer Co Int 0.003 50% 1,438,052 $904,102
KEY KEY Petroleum 0.0015 50% 80,000 $1,967,928
SLM Solismineralsltd 0.415 46% 8,682,769 $13,268,166
RFX Redflow Limited 0.26 41% 4,664,946 $33,258,257
IS3 I Synergy Group Ltd 0.014 40% 593,030 $2,890,804
RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.009 38% 192,937,813 $17,907,829
SRJ SRJ Technologies 0.11 38% 483,542 $7,585,284
NRZ Neurizer Ltd 0.069 35% 76,387,572 $60,729,971
TTM Titan Minerals 0.049 29% 454,949 $53,628,381
WCG Webcentral Ltd 0.1 25% 2,337,761 $26,330,098
ASR Asra Minerals Ltd 0.01 25% 715,182 $11,736,949
YOJ Yojee Limited 0.017 21% 5,345,961 $15,868,474
HNR Hannans Ltd 0.012 20% 737,981 $27,246,048
LCT Living Cell Tech. 0.012 20% 3,220,654 $15,601,449
THR Thor Energy PLC 0.006 20% 10,878,414 $7,368,064
TKL Traka Resources 0.006 20% 1,000,000 $4,356,646
NMT Neometals Ltd 0.575 20% 2,940,945 $265,315,764
BTN Butn Limited 0.22 19% 84,730 $18,066,102
TRE Toubaniresourcesinc 0.19 19% 192,888 $9,209,523
KSC K & S Corporation 2.49 18% 20,310 $288,751,354
EL8 Elevate Uranium Ltd 0.315 17% 997,946 $74,383,844
IPT Impact Minerals 0.014 17% 12,015,844 $34,136,447
CYL Catalyst Metals 0.78 16% 182,562 $117,038,831
LGL Lynch Group Holdings 2.2 16% 52,470 $231,315,282
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Some standouts here:

• Redflow (ASX:RFX): +41% on the news the global clean-energy notable is set to supply a 20MWh battery system in California – one of the largest flow battery systems to be deployed in the US. More on that here.

• NeuRizer (ASX:NRZ) : +35% on the also-not-small news that the carbon-neutral energy firm is set to become a hydrogen producer in China. “NRZ has signed a binding contract with Meijin Energy Investments (MEI), part of the Meijin Group (Meijin), the largest integrated hydrogen company in China,” reads a report from the firm today.

• Titan Minerals (ASX:TTM) : +29% on no fresh news today.

• Solis Minerals (ASX:SLM) : +46% on no fresh news today (although have a read of Reuben’s Resources Top 5 for some recent head-turning info on this beast).

• TinyBeans (ASX:TNY) : +50% on news of a new CEO appointment, one Zsofi Paterson.

 

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
MEB Medibio Limited 0.001 -33% 12,000 $6,471,891
CUF Cufe Ltd 0.009 -31% 13,867,699 $12,559,461
RDN Raiden Resources Ltd 0.0035 -30% 5,232,116 $9,272,912
ZLD Zelira Therapeutics 2.18 -29% 318,013 $34,608,823
GMN Gold Mountain Ltd 0.003 -25% 13,339,901 $7,879,730
MTL Mantle Minerals Ltd 0.0015 -25% 2,735,350 $12,294,892
FAL Falconmetalsltd 0.225 -21% 1,698,636 $50,445,000
DC2 Dctwo 0.019 -21% 694,234 $3,137,186
PPY Papyrus Australia 0.024 -20% 338,905 $14,252,456
AVE Avecho Biotech Ltd 0.004 -20% 4,000 $10,810,796
EMU EMU NL 0.002 -20% 2,055,000 $3,625,053
ERL Empire Resources 0.004 -20% 50,000 $5,564,675
PYR Payright Limited 0.004 -20% 547,383 $4,404,426
TYM Tymlez Group 0.004 -20% 10,844,996 $5,460,976
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.002 -20% 305,585 $1,548,122
MBK Metal Bank Ltd 0.023 -18% 267,890 $7,741,595
MDI Middle Island Res 0.034 -17% 18,652 $5,019,147
MEL Metgasco Ltd 0.015 -17% 3,288,017 $19,149,961
GCR Golden Cross 0.005 -17% 108,011 $6,583,537
HLF Halo Food Co. Ltd 0.01 -17% 1,513,315 $4,809,237
MTB Mount Burgess Mining 0.0025 -17% 5,515,874 $2,649,513
PPG Pro-Pac Packaging 0.22 -15% 29,153 $47,238,805
BYH Bryah Resources Ltd 0.017 -15% 431,898 $5,625,069
HAS Hastings Tech Met 1.4475 -15% 2,440,144 $219,770,308
ADY Admiralty Resources. 0.006 -14% 812 $9,125,054
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LAST ORDERS

Jaxsta (ASX:JXT) has inked a deal with global B2B music rights and licensing marketplace platform Songtradr to convert the full principal and interest of tranche #1 of its existing convertible note with JXT into ordinary shares, reports Stockhead‘s Nadine McGrath, who adds:

The world’s largest database of official music credits said the transaction will be completed on or before September 9, the date the note expires.

The conversion considers interest on the note meaning Songtradr will convert a principal and interest balance of $1,774,597 into 84,504,631 ordinary shares in Jaxsta at the conversion price of $0.021 per share.

The resulting equity issue will mean Songtradr will hold 15.99% of the issued ordinary share in JXT following the now finalised Vampr transaction.

“This conversion is a reflection of Songtradr’s ongoing confidence in Jaxsta’s future,” Songtradr CEO Paul Wiltshire said.

Tranche #2 for a principal balance of $3 million is not due until June 29, 2025.

 

TRADING HALTS

Sequoia Financial Group (ASX:SEQ)  – A delay by New Quantum in meeting a settlement obligation of stage 1 of its acquisition of 80% of Morrison Securities. Bit of a mouthful, that. Dine out more on it here.

Develop Global (ASX:DVP): Pending announcement, request for clarification re ‘significant increase to Sulphur Springs fresh ore resource’.

Noble Helium (ASX:NHE): Capital raising.

IDT Australia (ASX:IDT): Capital raising.

 

 

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