Futures suggested the ASX200 would drop – and it’s dropped almost a per cent, with all sectors in the red, except for healthcare, which has gained nearly a per cent and consumer staples, which has added more than half a per cent.
Australian global winemaking and distribution company Treasury Wine Estates (ASX:TWE) is up more than a per cent this morning in the wake of the Government’s move to fast-track a review into tariffs on wine exported to China.
Treasury Wines has welcomed the news saying a removal of tariffs would only be positive for the company. Shares have been trading at $11.90.
Smart glass for construction company, ClearVue Technologies (ASX:CPV) has entered a $30 million ‘At-the-Market’ funding facility which will allow it to continue developing its solar panel windows and facades for green buildings.
Alpha Investment Partners has granted ClearVue a five-year placement-style facility, to support it in reaching into more international markets. The deal provides ClearVue with control over when it draws capital and issues shares to Alpha.
As an upfront payment for the facility, Alpha Investment Partners will receive 10 million ClearVue shares.
ClearVue has been trading at around 31 cents.
Drug development company Immutep (ASX:IMM) has shot up more than 16 per cent today, after revealing its phase II combination trial using Efti and Keytruda showed “excellent overall survival benefits in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer”.
The company reported the results marked the “strongest ever” data delivered in a phase two dual immuno-oncology clinical trial, paving the way for a phase three trial next year.
Immutep shares have been trading at 32 cents.
Car Subscription company, Carly Holdings (ASX:CL8) has recorded a 106 per cent increase in subscription revenue last quarter, compared to the same time last year.
Subscription revenue was also up 15 per cent on the June quarter this year, with its monthly revenue exceeding $240,000.
The company has now forged an agreement with Chargefox, Australia’s leading Electric vehicle charging company to enhance its ‘try before you buy’ EV subscription
proposition.
Carly has been trading at just over 1.6 cents this morning.
And, renewable energy play Peninsula Energy (ASX:PEN) has established a uranium mine in Wyoming called the Dagger project, 20 kilometres from its existing Lance uranium mine.
Peninsula purchased the tenements, which have been explored in the past for $800,000.
Uranium is up 35 per cent year on year, today trading around US$69 a pound.
Peninsula shares have been trading at 12 cents.
