Top 10 at 11: Manganese and a successful cap raise driving things forward this morning

Nope - I don't know what they are, either. Pic via Getty Images.

Good morning, and welcome to Stockhead’s Top 10 at shortly-before-11-ish, which is meant to highlight the best (and sometimes worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data, to provide a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms that have made announcements.

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

Briefly, here’s what’s been happening already this morning.

WINNERS

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

Security	Description	Last	%	Volume	MktCap
CNJ	Conico Ltd	0.002	100.0	2,700,000	$2,201,528
CR1	Constellation Res	0.18	38.5	10,000	$7,996,789
ADG	Adelong Gold Limited	0.004	33.3	271,200	$3,353,967
CRR	Critical Resources	0.006	20.0	2,017,499	$8,901,751
ESR	Estrella Res Ltd	0.006	20.0	388,380	$8,796,859
EPM	Eclipse Metals	0.007	16.7	328,741	$13,505,133
IVX	Invion Ltd	0.0035	16.7	280,008	$19,813,597
BMO	Bastion Minerals	0.008	14.3	63,750	$3,045,587
TRU	Truscreen	0.02	11.1	125,000	$9,946,640
KAI	Kairos Minerals Ltd	0.011	10.0	475,356	$26,209,122

Estrella Resources (ASX:ESR) was up this morning, after the company delivered an investor webinar on the heels of news that it has an update to exploration activities in the Lautém Municipality of Timor-Leste and the discovery of the a supergene manganese Sica Prospect, the latter of which is quite visually exciting as areas of manganese mineralisation lie exposed on the surface, with pXRF determinations in the field range between 59% – 26% Mn.

And Bastion Minerals (ASX:BMO) was up this morning on news that it has successfully completed a placement to raise $500,000 before costs through a one-tranche placement, with a 1 for 3 free attaching option along with an entitlement issue to raise up to A$1,500,000 before costs.

LAGGARDS

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

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
HCD	Hydrocarbon Dynamic	0.002	-50.0	200	$3,234,329
AUH	Austchina Holdings	0.002	-33.3	2,000	$6,301,151
AVE	Avecho Biotech Ltd	0.002	-33.3	209,525	$9,507,891
ME1	Melodiol Glb Health	0.0015	-25.0	12,830,063	$1,215,473
EFE	Eastern Resources	0.004	-20.0	10,500	$6,209,732
MOM	Moab Minerals Ltd	0.004	-20.0	1,000,000	$3,969,071
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.004	-20.0	300,005	$27,111,136
88E	88 Energy Ltd	0.0025	-16.7	1,505,849	$86,801,436
GTI	Gratifii	0.005	-16.7	1,861,633	$10,536,286
VML	Vital Metals Limited	0.0025	-16.7	20,956	$17,685,201