The ASX 200 made a positive start to the week, rising by 0.22%.
The mining sector was the clear winner today, rising by 3% while other sectors seesawed between gains and losses.
Consumer Discretionary was the biggest drag on the broad index, down 1%.
Mining stocks were moving higher after iron ore prices continued to bounce off their recent lows on Friday night.
The sector was also boosted by Fortescue Metals (ASX:FMG)’s strong earnings released today.
Fortescue jumped by over 6% after its full year profit surged by 117% to US$10.3 billion. The company also doubled its full year dividend to $2.11 in a record year.
Other miners like Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO), South32 (ASX:S32), and Orocobre (ASX:ORE) also rose on positive sentiment.
BIG CAP WINNERS
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| Code | Name | Price | % Change | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUV | Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals | 37.66 | 10.3% | 436,279 | $1,686,374,836 |
| DUB | Dubber Corp Ltd | 3.98 | 9.0% | 2,611,175 | $1,064,864,881 |
| LTR | Liontown Resources | 0.97 | 9.0% | 7,241,933 | $1,697,248,838 |
| IMU | Imugene Limited | 0.41 | 7.9% | 35,635,775 | $2,025,785,133 |
| APX | Appen Limited | 10.75 | 7.1% | 3,268,680 | $1,235,672,157 |
| WTC | WiseTech Global Ltd | 48.66 | 6.4% | 1,101,506 | $14,856,120,646 |
| OCL | Objective Corp | 19.95 | 6.1% | 87,389 | $1,772,920,016 |
| PPK | PPK Group Limited | 19.9 | 5.8% | 678,983 | $1,675,064,226 |
| AEF | Australian Ethical | 10.64 | 5.8% | 387,664 | $1,130,614,608 |
| ASM | Ausstratmaterials | 11.58 | 5.3% | 1,069,698 | $1,534,566,066 |
| EDV | Endeavour | 7.31 | 4.6% | 3,247,694 | $12,518,950,319 |
| HLS | Healius | 4.88 | 4.5% | 2,976,308 | $2,910,018,524 |
| OBL | Omni Bridgeway Ltd | 4.08 | 4.3% | 1,656,340 | $1,036,075,104 |
| RWC | Reliance Worldwide | 5.83 | 4.3% | 1,991,310 | $4,416,629,736 |
| HMC | Home Consortium | 6.53 | 4.0% | 330,636 | $1,821,961,657 |
| ORE | Orocobre Limited | 9.1 | 3.9% | 2,388,161 | $5,579,719,615 |
| NXT | Nextdc Limited | 13.27 | 3.8% | 1,950,961 | $5,829,721,125 |
Battery tech company Novonix (ASX:NVX) zoomed 16% on no news.
Other notable winners today include funeral home operator InvoCare (ASX:IVC), which rose by 8% after reporting a $44m half year profit vs an $18m loss a year earlier. The company reported a 9.5 a share dividend, however it said that COVID-19 lockdowns will still weigh on its near term outlook.
Retailer Temple & Webster (ASX:TPW) rose 10% after reporting an 85% increase in revenue to $326m, for an EBITDA of $20.5m, a 141% increase year-on-year.
BIG CAP LOSERS
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| Code | Name | Price | % Change | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALU | Altium Limited | 29.85 | -14.2488 | 1511934 | $ 4,568,053,433.14 |
| DDR | Dicker Data Limited | 12.96 | -11.7767 | 1936650 | $ 2,538,135,776.15 |
| NXL | Nuix Limited | 2.56 | -10.8014 | 10270369 | $ 910,693,458.78 |
| BBT | Bluebet Holdings Ltd | 2.51 | -10.6762 | 2835935 | $ 562,308,113.69 |
| HLS | Healius | 4.67 | -7.3413 | 5347014 | $ 3,140,576,737.20 |
| HUB | HUB24 Ltd | 29.76 | -5.8228 | 446286 | $ 2,159,328,456.40 |
| MNY | Money3 Corporation | 3.47 | -5.1913 | 536572 | $ 763,752,677.70 |
| BTH | Bigtincan Hldgs Ltd | 1.4 | -4.7619 | 2162771 | $ 640,128,121.29 |
| HTA | Hutchison | 0.105 | -4.5455 | 104468 | $ 1,492,975,943.47 |
| EOS | Electro Optic Sys. | 3.9 | -4.4118 | 815567 | $ 615,730,054.32 |
| AGL | AGL Energy Limited. | 6.53 | -4.1116 | 5129706 | $ 4,242,860,116.71 |
| BWX | BWX Limited | 5.1 | -3.9548 | 1224271 | $ 750,341,359.44 |
| FZO | Family Zone Cyber | 0.73 | -3.9474 | 1368326 | $ 524,718,097.24 |
| IFM | Infomedia Ltd | 1.725 | -3.8997 | 661171 | $ 674,493,402.10 |
| 360 | Life360 Inc. | 8.99 | -3.7473 | 453805 | $ 1,421,427,896.94 |
| MIR | Mirrabooka Invest. | 3.84 | -3.5176 | 151233 | $ 699,863,720.88 |
| DTL | Data#3 Limited | 5.39 | -3.2316 | 653078 | $ 857,640,471.50 |
| WES | Wesfarmers Limited | 60.2 | -3.2154 | 2266792 | $ 70,524,863,052.40 |
| ORA | Orora Limited | 3.34 | -2.907 | 4401810 | $ 3,013,528,693.52 |
| CTD | Corp Travel Limited | 22.74 | -2.779 | 526447 | $ 3,201,092,293.78 |
| REH | Reece Limited | 20.47 | -2.7553 | 542030 | $ 13,597,967,010.05 |
| CWP | Cedar Woods Prop. | 6.52 | -2.3952 | 136967 | $ 543,383,571.28 |
| UNI | Universal Store | 7.43 | -2.2368 | 137430 | $ 556,288,353.60 |
| TYR | Tyro Payments | 3.64 | -2.1505 | 3312174 | $ 1,906,560,323.52 |
| QAN | Qantas Airways | 5.04 | -2.1359 | 9340724 | $ 9,713,130,194.70 |
Altium (ASX:ALU) dropped 14% despite meeting its profit guidance. The company reported a 1% increase in revenue to US$191.1m compared to guidance of US$190-195m.
Big data company Nuix (ASX:NXL) dropped almost 10% after its full year revenue of $176m came in at the middle end of its downgraded forecast of $172m-$178m range. The company also went from a from a $23.6 million profit to a $1.6 million loss.
Booktopia (ASX:BKG) fell by almost 6% despite its full year revenue rising 35% to $223.9 million.