As expected, the S&P/ASX200 is lower today, dropping 15.2 points or 0.20% to 7,515.10.
The bottom performing stocks at time of writing were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) down 6.57% and Eagers Automotive Ltd down 5.42%.
Over the last five days, the index is virtually unchanged, but is currently 1.54% below its 52-week high.
On the small cap front
Okapi Resources Ltd (ASX:OKR, FRA:260) is up 26.92% at time of writing, having been as high as 53% after a highly successful start to its maiden drilling program at the Enmore Gold Project in northern NSW.
Global Energy Ventures Ltd (ASX:GEV) is up 16.67%, having secured funding from the Western Australian Government under round two of the WA Renewable Hydrogen Fund.
Elementos Limited is up 13.04% on the back of receiving its latest high-grade diamond drilling results from hole ADD_22 at the Oropesa Tin Project in Spain.
Aeris Resources Ltd (ASX:AIS) is up 5.41% after ticking off its phase-2 drilling program at the Constellation deposit, with new results of up to 18.4 metres at 9.4% copper demonstrating further high-grade potential and again exceeding expectations.
Alta Zinc Ltd (ASX:AZI) is up 4.94% after honing in on a large-scale exploration target that stands to extend the size and scope of the Gorno Zinc Project in northern Italy.
Brookside Energy Ltd (ASX:BRK) is up 3.03% after taking a key step towards drilling the high-impact Rangers Well in the SWISH Area of Interest (AOI) in Oklahoma’s world-class Anadarko Basin by securing a drilling rig.
Other small cap performers
- 9SP is up 7.69%
- AQX is up 10%
- ARE is up 7.14%
- AGC is up 8.7%
- CAV is up 7.14%
- CXU is up 5.56%
- CML is up 11.11%
- COB is up 10.71%
- EPM is up 12.5%
- EMP is up 11.11%
- HFR is up 6.86%
- HRZ is up 4.17%
- KKO is up 5.95%
- KWR is up 7.97%
- LIT is up 4.17%
- LOT is up 4.76%
- MXC is up 8.93%
- MR1 is up 4.35%
- NXM is up 40%
- NOX is up 5.83%
- PNR is up 4.76%
- PEN is up 4.88%
- PEC is up 4.35%
- PDI is up 4.35%
- SNS is up 8.33%
- SHP is up 4.94%
- VMS is up 10.84%