Lunchtime ASX small cap wrap: Who’s getting back on the horse today?

The ASX continued its Jekyll & Hyde act in the morning session, as stocks climbed by almost 4 per cent into midday trade before easing back.

The gains put the local index on track for its fourth straight day of see-saw price action, after a 2 per cent drop yesterday which was preceded by a 7 per cent surge on Monday.

Meanwhile, various Australian states have taken it upon themselves to introduce new containment measures as the number of positive COVID-19 tests moves past 2,000.

People in NSW without a reasonable excuse to be outside could face up to six months jail or fines of $11,000. Eight fines for failure to obey social distancing rules have already been issued in Victoria, where Premier Daniel Andrews instructed citizens to stay home unless it was absolutely necessary to leave.

Over in the US, Donald Trump has warned of a “painful” two weeks ahead as health authorities project the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country will reach 100,000 (Australia’s death toll is 20).

A short time ago, the ASX200 was 2.3 per cent higher at 5,194 points. The ASX Small Ords Index was up by 1.36 per cent at 2,133.50 points.

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Wednesday April 1:

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CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	% CHANGE	MARKET CAP
RFN	Reffind Ltd	0.002	100.00%	$2.1M
PNN	Pepinnini Minerals Ltd	0.002	100.00%	$2.9M
FGO	Flamingo	0.002	100.00%	$2.2M
CLZ	Classic Minerals Ltd	0.002	100.00%	$14.8M
SHK	Stone Resources Australia	0.003	50.00%	$1.7M
ASP	Aspermont	0.009	50.00%	$12.7M
TD1	Tali Digital	0.029	45.00%	$21.7M
LAW	Lawfinance	0.035	40.00%	$31.2M
RIM	Rimfire Pacific Mining NL	0.004	33.33%	$6.0M
PUR	Pursuit Minerals	0.004	33.33%	$1.4M
NOX	Noxopharm	0.185	32.14%	$29.7M
ATS	Australis Oil & Gas	0.018	28.57%	$16.8M
ICU	Isentric Ltd	0.009	28.57%	$1.8M
SDV	Scidev	0.54	27.06%	$76.1M
ARS	Alt Resources Ltd	0.015	25.00%	$8.8M
GTR	GTI Resources Ltd	0.005	25.00%	$2.3M
MLL	Mali Lithium	0.058	23.40%	$18.4M
BDA	BOD Australia	0.24	23.08%	$22.8M
EUC	European Cobalt	0.011	22.22%	$8.4M
SGQ	St George Mining Ltd	0.077	22.22%	$30.5M
OSL	Oncosil Medical Ltd	0.165	22.22%	$102.4M
AKP	Audio Pixels	11.00	20.88%	$311.3M

TALi Digital (ASX:TD1)

The health-tech platform jumped by more than 50 per cent in morning trade, after receiving a trademark in China for its TALi Train and TALi Detect products.

TD1’s products provide treatment solutions for children with autism spectrum disorder. The platform’s language translation capability is “already built for seamless translation initially to Mandarin”, and the trademark while give TD1 an avenue to seek partnership discussions in the Chinese market.

LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Wednesday April 1:

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CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	% CHANGE	MARKET CAP
IDZ	Indoor Skydive AUS Group	0.001	-50.00%	$673K
RAN	Range International	0.008	-33.33%	$2.9M
LRS	Latin Resources Ltd	0.002	-33.33%	$729K
CCA	Change Financial	0.057	-20.83%	$6.1M
ADY	Admiralty Resources	0.004	-20.00%	$4.6M
A1G	African Gold Ltd	0.041	-18.00%	$2.4M
ICI	iCandy Interactive	0.02	-16.67%	$6.8M
PRX	Prodigy Gold	0.041	-14.58%	$23.8M
OVT	Ovato	0.013	-13.33%	$9.5M
SBW	Shekel Brainweigh	0.065	-13.33%	$9.0M
SRZ	Stellar Resources Ltd	0.007	-12.50%	$3.5M
DCL	Domacom Australia	0.022	-12.00%	$6.1M
MIL	Millennium Services Group Ltd	0.215	-10.42%	$11.0M
VRX	VRX Silica	0.061	-10.29%	$27.2M
MNY	Money3 Corp	1.095	-10.61%	$199.0M
ODM	Odin Metals	0.027	-10.00%	$4.8M
PVS	Pivotal Systems	0.855	-10.00%	$62.2M
AMS	Atomos	0.41	-9.89%	$75.6M
RMY	RMA Global	0.28	-9.68%	$106.6M
REG	Regis Healthcare Ltd	1.38	-8.91%	$455.6M