Top 10 at 10: The ASX stocks firing up the crowd this morning

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data.

It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms.

The market opens at 10am (eastern time) and the data is taken at 10:15am, once every ASX stock has commenced trading.

 

WINNERS

Stocks highlighted in yellow have made market-moving announcements (click headings to sort).

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Near term copper-gold producer Alara Resources (ASX:AUQ) has finished building a 325-person accommodation village at its ‘Al Wash-Hi Majaza’ project in Oman.

Short term rental specialist Alloggio (ASX:ALO) is acquiring holiday property management business Accom Noosa (50 properties) and the management rights to Fairshore (24 luxury apartments) and Noosa International Resort (36 apartments) for $4.5 million.

And Atomo Diagnostics (ASX:AT1) has received approval for its COVID-19 antigen test in New Zealand.

 

LOSERS

Stocks highlighted in yellow have made market-moving announcements (click headings to sort).

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Explorer Brightstar (ASX:BTR) fell on the back of drilling results at its ‘Cork Tree Well’ project in WA.

Kogan.Com (ASX:KGN) says gross profit fell +4% year on year due to “continuing supply chain interruptions as a result of the current COVID situation and associated fluctuations in demand”.

And Austin Metals (ASX:AYT) was down after announcing a $2.5m cap raise to accelerate exploration efforts at its namesake gold project in WA.