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The ASX has been up 0.62% at 7,837 points, following Wall Street’s Friday lead.
It’s a sea of green today and Materials has been the best performing sector, up 1.55%, followed by Energy, up 1%, and Real Estate, up 0.66%.
Health Care is the one and only sector in the red, down 0.25%.
Spartan Resources (ASX:SPR) has been the most watched on HotCopper forums today, with the company in advanced merger talks with Ramelius Resources (ASX:RMS). The deal is slated to be announced to the ASX as early as next week.
Also trending: Opthea (ASX:OPT) has been placed in a trading halt pending a material announcement regarding top line results of its COAST (Combination OPT-302 with Aflibercept Study) clinical trial.
Rounding out the most discussed has been Arizona Lithium (ASX:AZL), which entered a trading halt pending a capital raising announcement.
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