It’s Friday the 13th. But even the darkest, most evil imagination would struggle to conjure up horrors akin to the terrifying bloodbath currently taking place on the ASX.
It follows an eye-watering session on the S&P500, where US stocks booked their worst one-day fall since Black Monday in 1987.
The main catalysts for the re-pricing appear to be two-fold:
– Uncertainty (leaning towards inevitability) of the virus causing death rates across major western economies similar to existing hotbeds such as Italy and China; and
– What risk assets are actually worth, in the event those economies are forced to ‘shut up shop’ en masse to prevent further loss of life.
Among the latest news-flow: a flight attendant at Virgin Australia has tested positive for COVID-19, Bitcoin is getting crushed, and US lawmakers look close to announcing a joint spending agreement on support measures later tonight.
For now, all bets are off.
The best we can offer at this point is live footage of Vincent Price performing his evil segment from Thriller:
Turning to markets (if you can bear to look), and heading into midday trade the ASX200 had crashed by another seven per cent to 4,931.20, the lowest level since 2016. The Small Ords index was down 6.22 per cent to 2,122.
WINNERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Friday March 13:
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TICKER NAME PRICE % CHANGE MARKET CAP SMD Syndicated Metals Ltd 0.004 33.33% $2.8M LNY Laneway Resources Ltd 0.005 25.00% $14.9M CDX Cardiex 0.02 25.00% $12.1M LSR Lodestar Minerals Ltd 0.006 20.00% $4.3M ICN Icon Energy 0.007 16.67% $3.6M UNL United Networks 0.032 14.29% $11.0M BPP Babylon Pump 0.017 13.33% $12.6M BLZ Blaze International Ltd 0.009 12.50% $1.7M OIL Optiscan Imaging Ltd 0.018 12.50% $7.6M AUZ Australian Mines Ltd 0.01 11.11% $31.0M VMS Venture Minerals 0.01 11.11% $7.3M VMX Valmec Ltd 0.23 9.52% $26.4M PTL Pental Ltd 0.35 9.38% $43.6M CST Castille Resources 0.12 8.70% $23.0M NNW 99 Wuxian 0.065 10.17% $68.4M EXL Elixinol Global 0.31 6.90% $40.0M FOD Food Revolution Group 0.081 6.58% $55.1M
The market meltdown wasn’t enough to take the shine off a positive set of clinical trial results for the health-tech platform.
CDX announced the expansion of clinical trials with two big pharma customers — AstraZeneca and Bayer — for its XCEL devices.
The XCEL device is the “only FDA cleared device for measuring the central aortic waveform”, and is used to provide critical data during patient treatments and drug trials.
LOSERS
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Friday March 13:
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| TICKER | NAME | PRICE | % CHANGE | MARKET CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OML | OOH!MEDIA LTD | 1.59 | -34 | 384.18M |
| PGL | PROSPA GROUP LTD | 1.08 | -34 | 174.26M |
| ARQ | ARQ GROUP LTD | 0.09 | -34 | 10.50M |
| EEG | EMPIRE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.19 | -34 | 51.34M |
| MRL | MAYUR RESOURCES LTD-CDI | 0.25 | -34 | 44.25M |
| WZR | WISR LTD | 0.09 | -34 | 88.81M |
| NVA | NOVA MINERALS LTD | 0.03 | -35 | 32.81M |
| BLY | BOART LONGYEAR LTD | 0.6 | -35 | 52.65M |
| ABR | AMERICAN PACIFIC BORATES LTD | 0.26 | -35 | 62.60M |
| KPO | KALINA POWER LTD | 0.02 | -35 | 18.02M |
| REE | RAREX LTD | 0.02 | -35 | 6.24M |
| WLD | WELLARD LTD | 0.04 | -35 | 21.25M |
| BYE | BYRON ENERGY LTD | 0.18 | -36 | 145.96M |
| SE1 | SENSERA LTD | 0.008 | -43 | 2.90M |
| ICI | ICANDY INTERACTIVE LTD | 0.02 | -36 | 6.08M |
| GSW | GETSWIFT LTD | 0.3 | -36 | 56.56M |
| NVO | NVOI LTD | 0.01 | -36 | 10.48M |
| RED | RED 5 LTD | 0.21 | -36 | 261.47M |
| KGL | KGL RESOURCES LTD | 0.14 | -37 | 45.21M |
| CBE | COBRE LTD | 0.15 | -38 | 14.52M |
| HCT | HOLISTA COLLTECH LTD | 0.1 | -38 | 26.90M |
| IPB | IPB PETROLEUM LTD | 0.01 | -38 | 3.46M |
| LSR | LODESTAR MINERALS LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 4.26M |
| TMK | TAMASKA OIL & GAS LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 4.45M |
| MBK | METAL BANK LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 4.41M |
| XCD | XCD ENERGY LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 3.50M |
| GID | GI DYNAMICS INC-CDI | 0.005 | -38 | 9.13M |
| BRK | BROOKSIDE ENERGY LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 5.04M |
| MRQ | MRG METALS LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 5.29M |
| PPL | PUREPROFILE LTD | 0.005 | -38 | 600.30k |
| SMI | SANTANA MINERALS LTD | 0.002 | -50 | 6.71M |
| FAR | FAR LTD | 0.02 | -38 | 159.66M |
| MNW | MINT PAYMENTS LTD | 0.008 | -43 | 7.28M |
| SZL | SEZZLE INC-CDI | 0.95 | -39 | 188.96M |
| ATU | ATRUM COAL LTD | 0.16 | -40 | 76.51M |
| MEI | METEORIC RESOURCES NL | 0.008 | -40 | 10.10M |
| KAU | KAISER REEF LTD | 0.19 | -40 | 6.19M |
| COG | CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS GROU | 0.05 | -40 | 78.59M |
| OPY | OPENPAY GROUP LTD | 0.58 | -41 | 54.40M |
| ACU | ACUMENTIS GROUP LTD | 0.08 | -41 | 12.45M |
| MAG | MAGMATIC RESOURCES LTD | 0.16 | -41 | 27.55M |
| ALG | ARDENT LEISURE GROUP LTD | 0.39 | -42 | 187.09M |
| EHL | EMECO HOLDINGS LTD | 0.93 | -42 | 342.75M |
| OEL | OTTO ENERGY LTD | 0.012 | -43 | 29.53M |
| TPO | TIAN POH RESOURCES LTD | 0.05 | -44 | 19.33M |
| RAP | RESAPP HEALTH LTD | 0.09 | -46 | 66.07M |
| POD | PODIUM MINERALS LTD | 0.02 | -48 | 2.76M |
| KAR | KAROON ENERGY LTD | 0.4 | -50 | 218.43M |
| SIH | SIHAYO GOLD LTD | 0.01 | -50 | 16.78M |
| ESH | ESPORTS MOGUL LTD | 0.003 | -50 | 6.11M |
| IP1 | INTEGRATED PAYMENT TECHNOLOG | 0.003 | -50 | 926.52k |
| IQ3 | IQ3CORP LTD | 0.1 | -50 | 10.39M |
| VRC | VOLT RESOURCES LTD | 0.005 | -50 | 8.69M |
| TPD | TALON PETROLEUM LTD | 0.001 | -50 | 1.78M |
| CZL | CONSOLIDATED ZINC LTD | 0.003 | -57 | 5.18M |
| ABL | ABILENE OIL AND GAS LTD | 0.001 | -67 | 397.61k |
| YPB | YPB GROUP LTD | 0.001 | -67 | 1.69M |
| ATS | AUSTRALIS OIL & GAS LTD | 0.02 | -67 | 17.75M |