Happy Friday!
Well…
There's no doubt Joe Biden has been quick off the mark after signing a number of executive orders to reverse some of Trumps most influential policies…
In particular, one such decision that will have politicians talking for months is Biden's move to remove Donald Trump's Diet Coke button from the Oval Office!
It was a special red button Donald had installed, which he would press multiple times a day.
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Across markets…
The Australian sharemarket fell modestly on Friday despite big gains for Lynas and Aussie Broadband, as Afterpay and big miners weighed on the index.
The S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 23.3 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 6800.3 points on Friday, but ended the week with a per cent gain.
Lynas was the standout performer on Friday, gaining 13.7 per cent after inking a deal with the US Department of Defence to construct a light rare earths separation facility in Texas. The company will invest $US30 million and the Pentagon will also invest $US30 million.
The stock was the second best performer in the S&P/ASX 200 Index with an advance of 26.1 per cent. Lynas added more than $1 billion to its market cap over the week.
Buy now, pay later provider Zip retreated 1.8 per cent on Friday but it wasn't enough to steal the stock's crown as the top performer of the week with a gain of 28.9 per cent.
It rallied 23 per cent on Thursday after a December quarter update showed growth in revenues and customers.
Source: AFR
Mobile gaming company iCandy Interactive (ASX: ICI) is set to upscale the distribution of its popular Rocky Rampage game, courtesy of a new three-year global game publishing agreement with Chinese game studio Ohayoo.
The development is a direct attempt to fulfil iCandy’s overarching strategy of targeting China as the world’s largest gaming market, according to the company’s chairman Mr Kin Wai Lau.
The deal follows on from the duo’s maiden agreement signed last year that saw TikTok-owned Ohayoo launching and publishing iCandy’s Masketeers for the Chinese gaming market.
Ohayoo is currently one of the fastest-growing mobile gaming platforms in China and claims to have generated more than 500 million game downloads since 2018.
“We are delighted to further extend the partnership with Ohayoo on a second game-title to collaborate on. This time the partnership entails a global partnership, with a much wider scope, leveraging on Ohayoo’s extensive global reach and experience,” iCandy stated.
Source: Small Caps
China stocks slipped on Friday, tracking weakness in other Asian markets, with investors locking in gains after a recent rally driven by hopes of more economic stimulus from incoming U.S. President Joe Biden to temper the impact from COVID-19 pandemic.
The CSI300 index slipped 0.5% to 5,537.05 at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.7% to 3,595.00.
The tech-heavy start-up board ChiNext gained 0.7%, while the STAR50 index eased 0.9%.
Republicans in the U.S. Congress have indicated they are willing to work with the new president on his administration’s top priority, a $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus plan, but some are opposed to the plan’s price tag.
Leading gains, both CSI300 materials index climbed 0.9% and the CSI300 transport index slid 0.1%.
Source: Reuters
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Year: 2019
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.2m
Price Change: $0.047 +2.17%
Sector: Satellite Communication
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $0.32 +1.56%
Sector: Vertical Farming
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.53m
Price Change: $0.062 -4.672%
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Year: 2018, 2019
Deal Type: Seed, Bridging and IPO
Raise Amount: $10m
Price Change: $0.15 -3.23%
Sector: Technology
Year: 2018
Deal Type: Seed and IPO
Raise Amount: $10m
Price Change: $0.058 -4.92%
Sector: Mining
Year: 2017
Deal Type: Seed & IPO
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $0.25 +13.64%
Sector: Mining
Year: 2017
Deal Type: IPO & Placement
Raise Amount: $6m
Price Change: $0.050 Unchanged
Sector: Healthcare Equipment and Services
Year: 2016
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $8m
Price Change: $0.12 +4.17%
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Year: 2016
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $9m
Price Change: $0.032 -5.88%
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Year: 2015, 2017, 2018
Deal Type: Placements & IPO
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $2.38 -2.46%
Sector: Media an Entertainment
Year: 2016
Deal Type: Reverse Takeover
Raise Amount: $4m
Price Change: $0.042 +2.44%
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Year: 2018, 2019, 2020
Deal Type: Placements & Rights Offer
Raise Amount: $1.5m
Price Change: $0.012 Unchanged
Sector: Discretionary
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.3M
Price Change: $0.072 +9.09%
Sector: Hemp & CBD
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Pre IPO
Raise Amount: $2.5m
Sector: Psychedelic assisted Therapy
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Pre IPO
Raise Amount: $1.5m
Price Change: CAD $0.13 Unchanged
Sector: Mining
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $333k
Sector: Gaming & Digital Advertising
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.25m
Sector: Mining (Gold)
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $982k
Price Change: $0.0080 -11.11%
Sector: Mining (Gold/Silver)
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.3m
Price Change: $0.012 Unchanged
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