We’d love to get Iceland’s Eurovision BDSM celebration in here somewhere.

But when it comes to DGAF-level, letting-it-all-hang-out-here style, you can’t top old mate Jarrad Crickel showing Aussie PM Scott Morrison how to properly rock a king mullet the Bridgenorth Footy Club bar in northern Tasmania yesterday.

Crickel told assembled media he’s been dedicated to giving hairdressers the classic “short at the sides, long at the back” direction for seven years.

Moving on to other epic hair in history, it looks as if Trump is trying to calm everyone down — all on Twitter of course – but share markets still rebounded on Tuesday on this apparent easing of China-US trade tensions:

“When the time is right we will make a deal with China,” he tweets. “It will all happen, and much faster than people think!”

This morning, the ASX Small Ords Index followed suit, erasing yesterday’s losses with a 25-point gain in morning trade.

Here are the key ASX small cap winners at lunchtime on Wednesday May 15:

GOING UP

Has Crowd Media (ASX: CM8) turned things around?

The struggling global media and marketing company has secured some big marketing contracts with a number of international brands including PJ Masks (popular kids TV series), Expedia (leading travel website), N26 (leading European Fintech challenger bank) and Pasta Garofalo (Italy’s leading pasta brand).

This was enough to send the share price up 169 per cent to 4.5c in morning trade.

It was a good morning for health stocks. BTC Health (ASX:BTC) was in the green after raising $8 million — including $2 million from Sigma Healthcare (ASX:SIG) — to fund the acquisition of the Hospital Infusion Business from Admedus (ASX: AHZ).

And beleaguered Suda Pharmaceuticals (ASX:SUD) caught a rocket after securing a new chairman — biotech entrepreneur Paul Hopper. Hopper is well known for being the boss of Viralytics, which he sold for half a billion dollars last year.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at lunchtime, Wednesday May 15:

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Ticker Name Price % Chg Market Cap Volume
CM8 CROWD MEDIA 0.045 169% $11,000,000 31.4M
DDT DATADOT TECHNOLOGY 0.009 50% $7,300,000 3.5M
SRO SHAREROOT 0.0015 50% $1,570,000 3.5M
BTC BTC HEALTH 0.0115 35% $15,000,000 51.3K
EFE EASTERN IRON 0.004 33% $1,600,000 359.0K
SUD SUDA PHARMACEUTICALS 0.0045 29% $11,600,000 34.5M
RIM RIMFIRE PACIFIC MINING 0.005 25% $5,300,000 1.1M
YOJ YOJEE 0.098 24% $84,700,000 5.7M
4CE FORCE COMMODITIES 0.011 22% $4,700,000 1.1M
STX STRIKE ENERGY 0.089 20% $117,300,000 3.4M
GLV GLOBAL VANADIUM 0.003 20% $8,500,000 5.5M
CDT CASTLE MINERALS 0.006 20% $1,300,000 166.6K
FTZ FERTOZ 0.2 18% $25,600,000 4.2K
JAY JAYRIDE GROU 0.3 18% $25,300,000 35.0K
9SP 9 SPOKES 0.021 17% $17,300,000 4.2M
HNR HANNANS 0.014 17% $27,800,000 3.0M
GLL GALILEE ENERGY 0.67 16% $148,900,000 859.0K
AQX ALICE QUEEN 0.015 15% $9,800,000 198.8K
COB COBALT BLUE 0.15 15% $18,700,000 147.7K
UWL UNITI WIRELESS 1.035 15% $133,000,000 1.7M
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GOING DOWN

Yesterday, battery metals explorer Greenpower (ASX:GPP) announced it was going to change tack and buy an old gold mine in Queensland.

Shareholders didn’t seem to like it, sending the stock down 33 per cent in morning trade.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at lunchtime, Wednesday May 15:

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Ticker Name Price % Chg Market Cap Volume
GPP GREENPOWER ENERGY 0.002 -33% $3,100,000 350.0k
GGE GRAND GULF ENERGY 0.003 -25% $2,300,000 917.8k
PWN PARKWAY MINERALS 0.003 -25% $1,800,000 5.5m
UUV UUV AQUABOTIX 0.006 -25% $1,100,000 109.1k
AUR AURIS MINERALS 0.019 -24% $7,800,000 350.7k
ABT ABUNDANT PRODUCE 0.052 -20% $3,200,000 40.0k
MDI MIDDLE ISLAND RESOURCES 0.004 -20% $4,200,000 480.0k
TBH BETMAKERS HOLDINGS 0.033 -18% $9,500,000 37.6k
MTH MITHRIL RESOURCES 0.005 -17% $2,100,000 5.5m
CCJ COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL 0.006 -14% $1,100,000 195.0k
AU1 AGENCY GROUP AUSTRALIIA 0.091 -13% $9,400,000 109.5k
HAS HASTINGS TECHNOLOGIES 0.135 -13% $114,600,000 248.0k
ICG INCA MINERALS 0.0035 -13% $10,800,000 1.1m
SCT SCOUT SECURITY 0.105 -13% $12,500,000 257.1k
KPO KALINA POWER 0.024 -11% $17,400,000 263.4k
EM1 EMERGE GAMING 0.016 -11% $10,500,000 13.8m
ATX AMPLIA THERAPEUTICS 0.125 -11% $5,100,000 1.9K
JDR JADAR LITHIUM 0.009 -10% $4,300,000 490.0K
GPP GREENPOWER ENERGY 0.002 -33% $3,100,000 350.0k
GGE GRAND GULF ENERGY 0.003 -25% $2,300,000 917.8k
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