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Herald Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- Herald Sun
Top 10 at 11: Info tech lifts ASX as small caps revamp capital and asset structures
The ASX 200 lifted in the first hour of trade, supported by an uptick in info tech as small caps move to restructure capital. Don't miss out on the headlines from Stockhead. Followed categories will be added to My News. Morning, and welcome to Stockhead's Top 10 (at 11… ish), highlighting the movers and shakers on the ASX in early-doors trading. With the market opening at 10am sharp eastern time, the data is taken at 10.15am, once trading kicks off in earnest. In brief, this is what the market has been up to this morning. ASX tips up in early trade The ASX 200 has risen 0.2% in the first hour of trade, led higher by a strong 1.22% gain in the info tech sector. There's a broad show of strength in the market this morning, with 9 of 11 sectors in the green and the ASX All Ord Gold index climbing 1.08%. Materials (-0.22%) and financials (-0.22%) are lagging in the sectors at present, while the ASX 200 Banks adds its own weight, sliding 0.63%. Let's see who's making waves on the ASX this morning… WINNERS Code Name Last % Change Volume Market Cap EWC Energy World Corpor. 0.063 200% 4333293 $64,657,346 NXS Next Science Limited 0.125 87% 486562 $19,574,736 JAV Javelin Minerals Ltd 0.003 50% 1000000 $12,252,298 TEG Triangle Energy Ltd 0.003 50% 774532 $4,178,468 M2R Miramar 0.004 33% 150000 $2,990,470 MRQ Mrg Metals Limited 0.004 33% 250000 $8,179,556 RNX Renegade Exploration 0.004 33% 1125000 $3,865,090 VFX Visionflex Group Ltd 0.002 33% 1000000 $5,051,791 WBE Whitebark Energy 0.004 33% 166666 $2,062,001 HMD Heramed Limited 0.009 29% 1232196 $6,129,219 In the news... Energy World (ASX:EWC) is preparing to restructure its capital and management under a proposal that would see US$440 million in debt transformed into shares. EWC is converting its debt with Slipform Engineering Group into shares at $0.88 each, 44-times its current 30-day VWAP of $0.02. EWC managing director Brian Allen will also step down from the position after 24 years, with new interim chair Alan Jowell and CEO Edward McCartin taking up their roles effective today. The company has opted to engage in a share conversion with Slipform, owned by the Elliott family (founder Stewart Elliott passed away last year), in order to repay the outstanding debt. Next Science (ASX:NXS) is looking to offload the vast majority of its assets and intellectual property in an asset purchase agreement with Demetra Holdings S.p.A for a total sale price of US$50 million. NXS will retain ownership of the durable medical equipment and intends to return the net proceeds of the sale to shareholders to the tune of US$30million. Management has signalled it intends to vote in favour of the transaction at the next EGM. MRG Metals (ASX:MRG) has secured a mining licence for the fully funded Corridor Sands heavy mineral project, covering the Nhacutse and Poiombo deposits. They're home to a 257Mt JORC resource at 6% total heavy mineral sands, which can now be added to the 103Mt at 6.6% THM Koko Massava deposit, which has already been licenced. MRG plans to get Corridor Sands up and running within the next year to 18 months. Renegade Exploration (ASX:RNX) has unearthed multiple silver rock chips grading above 1000 g/t at the Broken Hills project in Nevada, US. Five rock chips exceeded 1020 g/t silver with additional gold values up to 16.21 g/t gold, peaking at 2469 g/t silver. LAGGARDS Code Name Last % Change Volume Market Cap VML Vital Metals Limited 0.03 -70% 48 $11,790,134 EEL Enrg Elements Ltd 0.001 -33% 2450000 $4,880,668 AN1 Anagenics Limited 0.004 -20% 30000 $2,481,602 RCM Rapid Critical 0.002 -20% 1000000 $3,539,445 SIS Simble Solutions 0.004 -20% 250000 $5,411,652 SRJ SRJ Technologies 0.004 -20% 3318120 $3,027,890 AR9 Archtis Limited 0.19 -17% 834556 $66,232,445 FBR FBR Ltd 0.005 -17% 213000 $34,136,713 PRM Prominence Energy 0.0025 -17% 78495 $1,459,411 TMK TMK Energy Limited 0.0025 -17% 4478983 $30,667,149 This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions. Originally published as Top 10 at 11: Info tech lifts ASX as small caps revamp capital and asset structures Stockhead Good morning! Here's everything you need to know before the ASX flings open its doors and begins trading today. Stockhead Audeara has developed headphones that adjust the volume and other levels to the wearer's individual profile. Tim Boreham turns up to learn more.
News.com.au
05-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Closing Bell: ASX drops almost 1pc to end seven-day winning streak
ASX falls almost 1pc on Monday after setting new 20-day high last week Sectors in the red right across the board Falling oil price weighs heavily on Energy sector, down more than 2.8pc An eighth day of gains just wasn't to be for the ASX, with the bourse stumbling to fall about a full percentage point today and all 11 sectors sinking into the red by close of play. A downward trend in oil prices over the last few weeks applied pressure to the Energy sector, which fell almost 3%, down 2.88% at market end. Still, the news wasn't all bad. For example, several small cap or uranium-focused stocks resisted the pull. AXP Energy (ASX:AXP) and Pancontinental Energy (ASX:PCL) both gained 50%, while Elevate Uranium (ASX:EL8) lifted 14.82% and hydrogen compression company Provaris Energy (ASX:PV1) jumped 9.09%. Of the larger stocks, only Ampol (ASX:ALD) managed to make any gains, up 0.84%. But Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS), Santos (ASX:STO) and Yancoal (ASX:YAL) all lost between 2.6% and 3.95%. Meanwhile despite a fall in the gold price last week, the ASX All Ord Gold index stood out in a sea of gloom, lifting 0.67%. Alongside Anax Metals (ASX:ANX), which we'll expand on in a moment, several other gold stocks made sizeable gains today, pushing against the rip currents of the market. Gold Road Resources (ASX:GOR) gained 9.43%, Sarama Resources (ASX:SRR) 21.43% and Koonenberry Gold (ASX:KNB) 18.42%. The big caps didn't entirely miss out, either. Northern Star (ASX:NST) gained 0.37% against a struggling resource sector, joined by Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN), up 2.14. ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS Today's best performing small cap stocks: Security Description Last % Volume MktCap XPN Xpon Technologies 0.021 250% 70221284 $2,174,649 ANX Anax Metals Ltd 0.01 100% 51352795 $4,414,038 AFA ASF Group Limited 0.006 50% 94 $3,169,590 AXP AXP Energy Ltd 0.0015 50% 270000 $6,574,681 PCL Pancontinental Energ 0.012 50% 21351041 $65,092,687 RLL Rapid Lithium Ltd 0.003 50% 5264969 $2,489,889 KPO Kalina Power Limited 0.007 40% 2196679 $14,471,099 SPX Spenda Limited 0.007 40% 32569213 $23,076,077 GTE Great Western Exp. 0.019 36% 334054 $7,948,611 ADG Adelong Gold Limited 0.008 33% 22104925 $8,384,917 AUK Aumake Limited 0.004 33% 215727 $9,070,076 CT1 Constellation Tech 0.002 33% 553114 $2,212,101 KGD Kula Gold Limited 0.009 29% 474189 $6,448,776 EQX Equatorial Res Ltd 0.115 28% 165052 $11,830,082 OD6 Od6Metalsltd 0.028 27% 928833 $3,503,406 CTN Catalina Resources 0.0025 25% 213317 $3,327,519 HLX Helix Resources 0.0025 25% 2288887 $6,728,387 SPG Spc Global Holdings 0.39 24% 32806 $60,789,293 VR8 Vanadium Resources 0.016 23% 219603 $7,335,794 PUA Peak Minerals Ltd 0.011 22% 3899791 $25,265,892 SMP Smartpay Holdings 0.925 22% 533197 $183,877,033 SRR Saramaresourcesltd 0.034 21% 143164 $7,620,232 DAL Dalaroometalsltd 0.03 20% 1026086 $6,223,798 L1M Lightning Minerals 0.06 20% 119871 $5,166,416 CCO The Calmer Co Int 0.003 20% 737094 $6,694,362 Making news… Anax Metals (ASX:ANX) has just locked in a $3.3 million funding deal from a global player called Mineral Development Partners (MDP). MDP has agreed to tip in up to $103 million all up, backing Anax's push to bring the Whim Creek copper project in WA back to life, and turn it into a major base metals hub for the Pilbara. Anax says the backing is needed to fire up Whim Creek and grow into a serious copper and base metals contender. XPON Technologies (ASX:XPN) skyrocketed by 300% after snapping up Alpha Digital, a well-known Aussie digital marketing outfit and long-time partner of the business, in a deal set to wrap up in early May. The buyout is worth $1.72 million upfront, with a bit extra on the table if Alpha hits future earnings targets. Alpha pulled in $4.6 million in revenue last year and comes with around a million bucks in cash. The plan now is to plug in XPON's AI smarts to supercharge Alpha's offering, and roll out more tools to big-name clients like Target, Kmart and QUT. XPON reckons this could be the first of many in a repeatable 'acquire, AI-enable, cross-sell' strategy. SmartPay (ASX:SMP) shares jumped after it entered exclusive talks with a mystery buyer offering $NZ1.20 a share. It had been weighing up offers from that bidder and Tyro, but went with the first after a sweetened proposal landed in late April. Tyro's now out of the race, and Smartpay's got until June 9 to lock in a deal. ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS Today's worse performing small cap stocks: Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap TKL Traka Resources 0.001 -50% 231139 $4,251,580 88E 88 Energy Ltd 0.001 -33% 4682292 $43,400,718 VML Vital Metals Limited 0.002 -33% 17428432 $17,685,201 BGE Bridgesaaslimited 0.016 -30% 144030 $4,596,762 AN1 Anagenics Limited 0.006 -25% 4400838 $3,970,563 AON Apollo Minerals Ltd 0.012 -25% 12814623 $14,855,310 VEN Vintage Energy 0.003 -25% 285611 $7,155,687 BLU Blue Energy Limited 0.007 -22% 689075 $16,658,762 LYK Lykosmetalslimited 0.014 -22% 113420 $4,238,000 DTR Dateline Resources 0.021 -22% 1.2E+08 $74,670,353 C1X Cosmosexploration 0.067 -20% 85870 $8,691,195 HCF Hghighconviction 0.036 -20% 283510 $873,292 AVE Avecho Biotech Ltd 0.004 -20% 5116827 $15,867,318 CAV Carnavale Resources 0.004 -20% 444119 $20,451,092 RAS Ragusa Minerals Ltd 0.017 -19% 16281 $2,994,575 MQR Marquee Resource Ltd 0.009 -18% 50000 $5,340,285 PLY Playside Studios 0.135 -18% 2673921 $67,521,652 BRX Belararoxlimited 0.071 -18% 1188480 $13,539,184 NGS NGS Ltd 0.0225 -17% 380247 $3,658,036 EQS Equitystorygroupltd 0.025 -17% 420003 $5,004,612 HIQ Hitiq Limited 0.025 -17% 110034 $11,026,874 1AD Adalta Limited 0.005 -17% 1235809 $3,859,337 1AI Algorae Pharma 0.005 -17% 50357 $10,124,368 BPP Babylon Pump & Power 0.005 -17% 910000 $14,997,294 CHM Chimeric Therapeutic 0.005 -17% 1000001 $10,904,117 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Decidr Ai Industries (ASX:DAI) has expanded its board in preparation for the next phase of commercial scaling and global expansion of its Agentic AI platform, selecting Gordon Starkey as chief revenue officer and Kael Hudson as head of partnerships. The two brings extensive sofrware-as-a-service and partner-led commercial strategy experience, with the appointments intended to 'reinforce Decidr's momentum following major wins across Australia and the US in healthcare, media, finance, education and energy'. Arovella Therapeutics (ASX:ALA) is moving to obtain two new licenses for novel chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) targeting solid tumours, including neuroblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Both CARS have been studied in clinical trials, reducing the need for preclinical testing. A US$175,122 research rebate from the Canadian government has bolstered Recce Pharmaceuticals (ASX:RCE) funds, as the company works to develop a new class of synthetic anti-infectives to address the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Trading Halts At Stockhead, we tell it like it is. While DecidrAI, Arovella Therapeutics and Recce Pharmaceuticals are Stockhead advertisers, they did not sponsor this article.
