On Stockhead today, The Tech-Heavy Nasdaq Composite has just snuck into the sneakiest bull run since Hemingway. Eddy Sunarto asks if it’s finally time to dust off the local tech sector.

Morgan Stanley says it’s myopic US investors ignoring the terrible reality.

Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Todd Warren gives us his take on bulk miners and commodities and why Champion Iron could be a long term beneficiary of rising spreads for higher grades. 

Also the team at Aviva Investors has some deliciously fresh Chinese takeaways to share.

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following stocks went into trading halts Tuesday and are expected out in the coming days: 

Omega Oil & Gas (ASX:OMA) – Incoming update on the Company’s Canyon-2 Permian Deep Gas drilling program.

Felix Gold (ASX:FXG) – Capital raising.

Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) – Capital raising.

MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX:MXC) – Capital raising.

Aurumin (ASX:AUN) – Update on a planned entitlement issue.

Galena Mining (ASX:G1A) – Operational update.

Health and Plant Protein Group (ASX:HPP) – Halt called ahead of Shareholder vote, held this morning.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US2,022.56 (+0.68%)

Silver: $US25.32 (-0.55%)

Nickel (3mth): $US23,199/t (-2.29%)

Copper (3mth): $US9001.00/t (-0.02%)

Oil (WTI): $US82.30 (+2.25.%)

Oil (Brent): $US85.59 (+1.65%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US120.00/t (+0.42%)

AUD/USD: 0.6653 (+0.25%)

Bitcoin: $US30,263 (+2.89%)

 

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ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are Thursday’s best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
PRS Prospech Limited 0.053 152% 30,959,434 $2,132,411
AR3 Austrare 0.445 78% 14,756,780 $23,800,388
CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.0015 50% 65,569,433 $2,913,095
LRL Labyrinth Resources 0.016 45% 3,099,214 $10,554,361
4DX 4Dmedical Limited 0.78 44% 5,337,244 $159,025,592
G88 Golden Mile Res Ltd 0.028 40% 11,262,377 $5,268,645
JRV Jervois Global Ltd 0.091 30% 53,559,420 $145,548,267
MDX Mindax Limited 0.195 26% 4,198,858 $308,924,095
BPP Babylon Pump & Power 0.005 25% 62,697 $9,831,085
MCT Metalicity Limited 0.0025 25% 2,857,704 $7,009,079
RBR RBR Group Ltd 0.0025 25% 100,000 $3,196,809
RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.005 25% 1,507,042 $9,510,203
JPR Jupiter Energy 0.026 24% 76,845 $25,826,853
SIO Simonds Grp Ltd 0.11 22% 164,212 $32,391,581
DME Dome Gold Mines Ltd 0.18 20% 36,500 $52,982,120
ASR Asra Minerals Ltd 0.012 20% 304,377 $14,671,187
CTO Citigold Corp Ltd 0.006 20% 30,000 $14,368,295
ECT Env Clean Tech Ltd. 0.012 20% 6,623,528 $24,766,106
FAU First Au Ltd 0.006 20% 314,841 $5,473,916
HFY Hubify Ltd 0.024 20% 20,000 $9,922,726
NES Nelson Resources. 0.006 20% 80,000 $2,942,972
PCL Pancontinental Energ 0.012 20% 15,451,103 $75,542,228
RIE Riedel Resources Ltd 0.006 20% 1,475,939 $6,858,535
M24 Mamba Exploration 0.13 18% 59,965 $6,708,167
DMG Dragon Mountain Gold 0.013 18% 313 $4,341,388
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Rare Earths minnow Prospech (ASX:PRS) jumped after finding high-grade rare earth oxides and hafnium over 4km strike at its recently-acquired Jokikangas project in Finland.

IE:

  • KA02: 0.20m @ 24,448 ppm TREO and 4,700 ppm Niobium from 74.2m
  • KA03: 0.15m @ 15,346 ppm TREO and 2,980 ppm Niobium from 9.2m
  • KA03: 0.17m @ 8,690 ppm TREO and 2,030 ppm Niobium from 57.3m

Up 143%.

And 4D Medical (ASX:4DX) found another 45.4% to add to last week’s win, after the company’s freshly-inked deal with Tampa Bay University.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
VPR Volt Power Group 0.001 -33% 52,007 $16,074,312
NVA Nova Minerals Ltd 0.33 -29% 7,658,432 $98,063,746
WFL Wellfully Limited 0.011 -27% 2,458,583 $5,867,223
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.0015 -25% 3,796,888 $31,285,147
FIJ Fiji Kava Limited 0.003 -25% 600,000 $1,600,355
LNU Linius Tech Limited 0.003 -25% 1,123,218 $12,918,985
PRM Prominence Energy 0.0015 -25% 1,247,463 $4,849,218
MRL Mayur Resources Ltd 0.16 -24% 4,030 $62,066,862
SHG Singular Health 0.069 -23% 380,146 $10,210,197
MME Moneyme Limited 0.12 -23% 1,762,442 $43,903,320
CPN Caspin Resources 0.325 -21% 677,781 $30,722,257
ERAR Energy Resources 0.028 -20% 755,489 $645,992,060
DXN DXN Limited 0.004 -20% 398,298 $8,606,574
OLL Openlearning 0.013 -19% 363,317 $4,285,905
REZ Resourc & En Grp Ltd 0.013 -19% 1,339,531 $7,996,893
LMLND Lincoln Minerals 0.009 -18% 2,050,000 $9,157,259
AEI Aeris Environmental 0.035 -17% 524,942 $10,317,071
ADC Acdc Metals Ltd 0.096 -17% 160,000 $5,375,963
GBE Globe Metals &Mining 0.061 -16% 2,203,518 $36,994,115
AGR Aguia Res Ltd 0.032 -16% 6,416,587 $16,486,462
NKL Nickelxltd 0.057 -15% 58,495 $5,344,367
NGY Nuenergy Gas Ltd 0.036 -14% 550,661 $62,200,131
KNM Kneomedia Limited 0.006 -14% 90,060 $10,533,497
TYM Tymlez Group 0.006 -14% 6,506,387 $7,645,367
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.003 -14% 4,401,364 $2,167,371
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