Lunchtime ASX small cap wrap: Who’s taking the fun out of drinking today?

We all know we shouldn’t drink and drive, but apparently now you shouldn’t drink and walk.

According to research done by RAC Queensland, drinking and walking was a factor in six pedestrian deaths.

The markets unfortunately weren’t any more helpful, with the ASX200 down 1.27 per cent, or 86 points, to 6,718 points, while the ASX Small Ordinaries slipped 1 per cent, or 30 points, to 2,917 points.

GOING UP

Volt Power Group (ASX:VPR) gained 50 per cent, while cloud-based software company Reffind (ASX:RFN) was the next biggest mover with a 33.3 per cent jump – both on no news.

Reffind did, however, announce on Monday the departure of Eugene Loy as a director. Loy is being replaced by Joshua Quinn.

Twenty Seven Co (ASX:TSC) continued its run up with a nearly 17 per cent share price hike following last week’s news of a high-grade shallow gold discovery at its Rover project.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Tuesday December 31:

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Code	Name	Price	% Chg	Market Cap ($M)
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.002	50	9
RFN	Reffind	0.004	33.33	1.92
MGT	Magnetite Mines	0.005	25	3.86
GGX	Gas2Grid	0.003	20	2.36
GTG	Genetic Technologies	0.006	20	20.3
TSC	Twenty Seven Co	0.007	16.67	7.32
NWE	Norwest Energy	0.007	16.67	25.6
MRQ	MRG Metals	0.023	15	16
SAU	Southern Gold	0.2	14.29	15.5
SHH	Shree Minerals	0.004	14.29	1.82

GOING DOWN

None of the stocks that headed south today had any news to report.

However, Gibb River Diamonds (ASX:GIB) did give back some of the recent gains it scored after it revealed it had picked up the previously closed Ellendale diamond mine in Western Australia.

The Ellendale mine was previously owned by Kimberley Diamonds.

When it was in production, the mine along with Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in the same region accounted for a third of global annual diamond production.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Tuesday December 31:

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Code	Name	Price	% Chg	Market Cap ($M)
ECT	Environmental Clean Technologies	0.001	-33.33	4.8
RNX	Renegade Exploration	0.002	-33.33	2.14
ICG	Inca Minerals	0.002	-25	8.32
ALT	Analytica	0.003	-25	14.1
RMI	Resource Mining Corp	0.007	-22.22	2.67
OPL	Opyl	0.13	-18.75	4.73
ABT	Abundant Produce	0.045	-18.18	4.66
CZN	Corazon Mining	0.003	-16.67	6.12
GIB	Gibb River Diamonds	0.057	-16.18	12.2
UNL	United Networks	0.027	-15.63	12.6