Top 10 at 11: ASX surges at open with all sectors in the green

The ASX has climbed 0.66pc in early trading with all sectors in the green and particular strength in energy and resources stocks.

The ASX is in grabbing distance of new all-time highs, just 1.07pc off a new record. Pic: Getty Images

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 10:15, once trading kicks off in earnest.

In brief, this is what the markets have been up to this morning.

US markets approach all-time highs

It was another day of gains in the US overnight, with all three major indices posting solid advances.

The Nasdaq lifted 0.8%, recovering its year-to-date losses caused by the tariff war, while the S&P500 is about 3% off its all-time highs after gaining 0.6%.

The vast majority of the S&P500 and Nasdaq’s strength is coming from tech and communications stocks, which have been moving from strength to strength as AI demands increase.

While the gains have not been even across the board, several tech stocks stand out in what was a fairly bearish market until last month.

Netflix Inc is up 35% for the last six months, Microsoft 7.37% and Meta 8.67%.

Asustek Computer (better known as Asus) added 6.16% while Broadcom Inc has surged more than 50% in the same period.

The same pattern holds largely true for the Australian market as well. The Telecomm sector has gained more than 13% for the year so far, the largest percentage increase for that period of any ASX sector.

Telstra (ASX:TLS) has added more than 21% to its share price in the year to date, entertainment company EVT (ASX:EVT) has surged 42%, Aussie Broadband (ASX:ABB) is up 17% and internet provider TPG (ASX:TPG) has gained 16%.

ASX continues to build momentum

The ASX has surged 0.66% in the first hour of trade, closing in an all-time highs that now sit just over 1% away.

Every sector is flashing green, with particular strength in Energy, which has rocketed more than 2% higher on the back of rising oil prices.

Crude hit a 2-week high overnight, rising 1.5% to US$65.63 a barrel of Brent.

Resources stocks are also making moves, driving the ASX 200 Resources index almost 1% higher, while the Banks and Tech sectors bring up the rear, adding 0.65% and 0.48% to their indices respectively.

The ASX is unlikely to set a new all-time high today… but we’re well within shouting distance of it this week.

WINNERS

Code	Name	Last	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
JAY	Jayride Group	0.002	100%	627513	$1,427,889
MOM	Moab Minerals Ltd	0.002	100%	1000000	$1,733,666
BM8	Battery Age Minerals	0.067	37%	1573826	$5,972,699
EEL	Enrg Elements Ltd	0.002	33%	500000	$4,880,668
NAE	New Age Exploration	0.004	33%	241447	$7,978,197
SFG	Seafarms Group Ltd	0.002	33%	290025	$7,254,899
EPM	Eclipse Metals	0.02	33%	32168721	$42,987,285
ADN	Andromeda Metals Ltd	0.0145	32%	36818467	$41,946,774
MIO	Macarthur Minerals	0.018	20%	138888	$2,994,983
ARV	Artemis Resources	0.006	20%	1847664	$12,642,647

In the news...

Andromeda Metals (ASX:ADN) has secured a $75m debt facility with Merrick Capital after an extensive due diligence period, obtaining both an endorsement of its Great White project’s economics and a large chunk of the change needed to develop the project.

ADN plans to use kaolin from the Great White project to produce 4N high purity alumina, a valuable critical mineral used in lithium-ion batteries and semiconductors among other high-tech applications.

LAGGARDS

Code	Name	Last	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
BRX	Belararoxlimited	0.061	-27%	1077443	$13,253,417
BP8	Bph Global Ltd	0.0015	-25%	20000	$2,101,969
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.003	-25%	4125	$1,556,706
TAS	Tasman Resources Ltd	0.02	-20%	8700	$4,603,565
TEG	Triangle Energy Ltd	0.002	-20%	843	$5,223,085
TMX	Terrain Minerals	0.002	-20%	1712757	$5,621,392
GGE	Grand Gulf Energy	0.0025	-17%	180000	$8,461,275
PIL	Peppermint Inv Ltd	0.0025	-17%	174011	$6,828,269
PRX	Prodigy Gold NL	0.0025	-17%	6392507	$9,525,167
5EA	5Eadvanced	0.52	-15%	10490	$9,136,299

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Originally published as Top 10 at 11: ASX surges at open with all sectors in the green