Here are the top ASX large cap movers for Wednesday

The ASX 200 index fell today, despite the latest Australian GDP data showing a 0.7% growth in the last quarter, beating expectations of 0.3%.

The data however did not take into account the latest lockdowns, and economists are expecting a fall in the the September quarter’s GDP.

The Energy sector gained 1% despite oil prices retreating by 1% overnight.

Retail stocks were the main drag today, with both Consumer Disrectionary and Staples falling by over 1%.

Dragging retail down was Wesfarmers (ASX:WES), which fell by nearly 2% on no news.

Bank stocks however rose, as NAB (ASX:NAB) lifted by 2% as it continues to buy back its shares in the open market as part of its announced $2.5b share buyback.

Travel stocks also rose, with Qantas (ASX:QAN) and Flight Centre (ASX:FLT, both rising by around 3%.

BIG CAP WINNERS

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Code	Name	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
PDN	Paladin Energy Ltd	0.585	14.7%	41,002,574	$1,365,724,446
DDR	Dicker Data Limited	13.42	5.6%	600,766	$2,196,031,703
NVX	Novonix Limited	4.75	5.1%	3,936,467	$1,828,798,256
AWC	Alumina Limited	1.865	4.8%	19,022,066	$5,164,992,922
YAL	Yancoal Aust Ltd	2.26	4.6%	134,107	$2,852,149,184
TNE	Technology One	10.3	4.3%	792,048	$3,177,890,075
DEG	De Grey Mining	1.25	4.2%	5,971,362	$1,550,900,473
SKC	Skycity Ent Grp Ltd	3.2	3.9%	407,734	$2,341,432,044
LNK	Link Admin Hldg	4.53	3.7%	2,950,523	$2,343,308,372
AX1	Accent Group Ltd	2.22	3.3%	1,408,600	$1,165,013,437
DBI	Dalrymple Bay	2.28	3.2%	324,121	$1,101,688,147
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	2.61	3.2%	10,724,004	$2,612,589,907
IEL	Idp Education Ltd	29.69	3.0%	1,457,416	$8,021,649,601
QAN	Qantas Airways	5.24	2.9%	7,927,479	$9,599,967,513

Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN) was the biggest big cap winner today, rising by 12% after uranium prices hit 5 year highs overnight.

Data centre company Dicker Data (ASX:DDR) rose by 5.7% after CEO David Dicker released an announcement after hours yesterday to say that he was selling 1.6% of his shares in the company.

In the release, he told shareholders what he was going to do with the money : Rodin Cars, purchase of a used Bombardier Global XRS, and a return to trading in the US markets.

“None of these projects detract from my ability to continue to function as Chairman and CEO of Dicker Data. I hope this letter clears things up,” he said.

BIG CAP LOSERS

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Code	Name	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
BKL	Blackmores Limited	93.11	-7%	83,805	$1,932,698,058
ASM	Ausstratmaterials	10.96	-6%	486,546	$1,629,430,150
TPW	Temple & Webster Ltd	13.81	-6%	922,486	$1,771,862,571
MAQ	Macquarie Telecom Gp	77.5	-5%	13,785	$1,762,776,714
MSB	Mesoblast Limited	1.575	-5%	13,694,226	$1,080,078,957
PNV	Polynovo Limited	2.11	-5%	1,847,974	$1,474,895,338
PME	Pro Medicus Limited	60.16	-5%	175,713	$6,583,644,761
REH	Reece Limited	19.92	-5%	799,608	$13,488,149,699
MAF	MA Financial Group	7.73	-5%	116,972	$1,267,957,492
AEF	Australian Ethical	10.26	-4%	222,263	$1,201,418,505
VUL	Vulcan Energy	13.69	-4%	606,813	$1,550,276,937
CIA	Champion Iron Ltd	5.67	-4%	1,652,942	$2,982,791,206
CUV	Clinuvel Pharmaceut.	36.37	-4%	265,387	$1,866,722,570
UWL	Uniti Group Ltd	4.18	-4%	2,450,105	$2,973,833,091
IMU	Imugene Limited	0.4	-4%	27,028,547	$2,212,370,606
LTR	Liontown Resources	0.94	-4%	4,116,022	$1,859,345,637
EDV	Endeavour	7.04	-4%	3,428,740	$13,074,154,124
MIN	Mineral Resources.	53.03	-3%	643,114	$10,363,492,772
WES	Wesfarmers Limited	57.96	-3%	1,701,118	$67,973,722,508

Fortescue (ASX:FMG) fell by more than 3%, following a broker downgrade out of Goldman Sachs the previous day. Goldman said it has retained its sell rating on FMG.