Here are the top ASX large cap movers for Friday

Local stocks posted steady gains in Friday trade, ahead of a key US data release tonight (August employment figures).

Risk appetite held sway in Asian trade as the ASX 200 finished around 0.5% higher, while a uranium blitz helped the microcap Emerging Companies index to a larger 2% gain.

Gains at the big end of town were paced by the resources sector, as the recently volatility in iron ore continued with spot prices moving sharply higher overnight.

The ASX 200 Financials index also finished higher alongside energy stocks, with steady gains for most other sectors.

BIG CAP WINNERS

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Code	Name	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
PDN	Paladin Energy Ltd	0.78	23.8%	98,983,930	1,687,071,375
ERA	Energy Resources	0.315	10.5%	1,256,134	1,052,044,211
INR	Ioneer Ltd	0.6	8.1%	19,033,234	1,056,829,280
LTR	Liontown Resources	1.005	7.5%	12,807,462	1,783,064,790
ORE	Orocobre Limited	9.79	7.0%	6,353,514	5,828,131,790
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	2.84	6.8%	13,739,407	2,746,833,657
AWC	Alumina Limited	1.995	6.7%	30,955,808	5,426,144,250
CUV	Clinuvel Pharmaceut.	40.44	6.3%	422,241	1,879,569,258
MSB	Mesoblast Limited	1.71	5.9%	8,993,557	1,047,644,153
HMC	Home Consortium	7.09	5.3%	1,835,266	1,953,492,569
ARF	Arena REIT.	4.45	5.2%	1,709,684	1,456,507,131
IEL	Idp Education Ltd	31.5	5.0%	1,020,378	8,350,086,330
MGH	Maas Group Holdings	4.82	4.6%	440,648	1,273,279,441
AVN	Aventus Group	3.55	3.8%	3,350,832	1,951,083,994
PSI	Psc Insurance Ltd	4.2	3.7%	501,669	1,306,539,752
WEB	Webjet Limited	5.95	3.7%	4,181,532	2,175,516,361
TNE	Technology One	10.49	3.6%	877,419	3,258,302,273
VUL	Vulcan Energy	13.9	3.5%	1,591,677	1,461,068,019

Leading the large cap pack today was the $1.7bn Paladin Resources (ASX:PDN), which rode the uranium wave today to post an intra-day gain of more than 20%.

Lithium developer Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR) was among the large cap leaders, after confirming plans to de-merge its non-lithium assets and spin them out into a separate IPO.

The deal, first flagged in June, will see LTR spin out its Moora and Koojan JV projects in the WA Wheatbelt into a separate vehicle, with plans to raise between $15m and $30m in a new IPO priced at 50c per share.

Also rising strongly was enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) company Technology One (ASX:TNE), which has struck a deal to acquire UK ed-tech business Scientia Resource Management.

TNE will pay £6m (~$11m) for Scientia, which makes software that assists in academic timetabling and resource scheduling. CEO Edward Chung said the deal aligns with TNE’s strategic focus on the higher education sector.

BIG CAP LOSERS

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Code	Name	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
BGL	Bellevue Gold Ltd	0.855	-9.5%	20,895,009	811,624,963
AEF	Australian Ethical	9.87	-5.7%	321,047	1,176,693,335
OCL	Objective Corp	19.12	-4.2%	155,194	1,880,369,714
BET	Betmakers Tech Group	1.23	-3.5%	11,155,374	1,092,341,729
BSL	BlueScope Steel Ltd	23.92	-3.0%	2,073,044	12,423,861,878
DDR	Dicker Data Limited	13.66	-3.0%	317,284	2,433,495,159
RMS	Ramelius Resources	1.47	-3.0%	5,205,409	1,233,356,182
RMC	Resimac Grp Ltd	2.41	-2.8%	181,305	1,012,843,063
APT	Afterpay Limited	130.71	-2.8%	849,317	38,996,387,882
PNI	Pinnacle Investment	16.44	-2.7%	580,510	3,216,024,539
DEG	De Grey Mining	1.155	-2.5%	5,356,672	1,531,514,217
NWH	NRW Holdings Limited	1.9	-2.3%	3,384,309	887,636,771
REH	Reece Limited	19.83	-2.3%	622,062	13,107,019,032
SGM	Sims Limited	14.48	-2.2%	979,903	2,982,607,932
EDV	Endeavour	6.79	-2.2%	4,366,970	12,429,401,318
BRN	Brainchip Ltd	0.495	-2.0%	9,745,131	845,742,258

Leading the laggards was Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL), which dipped by around 10% after announcing a $106m share placement at 85c a share.

BGL managing director Steve Parsons said the raise leaves the company’s Bellevue project “fully-funded to production”.

The company will now “proceed full-steam ahead with development, while maintaining a strong emphasis on further growth by increasing and upgrading the Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”.