A chicken has been caught sneaking around the Pentagon in the US.
The hen was found near the the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters before being taken into custody by the Animal Welfare League of Arlington, Virginia.
“We are not allowed to disclose exactly where she was found,” League spokesperson Chelsea Jones said.“We can only say it was at a security checkpoint.”
Apparently, the answer to “why did the chicken cross the road” is to get to the Pentagon?! This chicken was caught sneaking around the security area at the Pentagon (we’re not kidding) and our officers picked her up. Now we need a name for her – suggestions welcomed! pic.twitter.com/6RmMSjNKnU
— AWLArlington, VA (@AWLAArlington) January 31, 2022
Even Jimmy Fallon caught wind of the news, penning a song to the hen – now named Henny Penny – questioning whether she’s a “normal clucker or an undercover spy.”
Jones said Henny Penny is being adopted by a staff member who has a small farm in western Virginia.
And the league has even released merchandise in her honour – with proceeds going to keeping wayward poultry out of Government buildings.
No-one asked for this but we did it anyways – get your official #PentagonChicken shirt now! With the Henny Penny stamp of approval, proceeds will go to help keep other wayward poultry out of government buildings https://t.co/NHiDbivMTh#chickeninthepentagon pic.twitter.com/sF0lzQ9N8F
— AWLArlington, VA (@AWLAArlington) February 3, 2022
To Markets …
Despite a rough session on Wall Street, the ASX 200 edged higher this morning before falling into the red through midday trade.
European stocks slumped after the European Central Bank held interest rates, but left the door open to a rise later this year.
“It is clear that some policymakers are now very worried about inflation getting out of control, but while the bank is only supposed to worry about inflation and not the impact of rate hikes on the consumer, it will have to consider the risks of stalling economic growth with its tighter monetary policy,” IG Group chief market analyst Chris Beauchamp says.
Major US stock indexes tumbled on yesterday, dragged down by technology and social-media companies, as Facebook owner Meta Platforms plunged after a disappointing earnings report.
The tumble erased recent gains in the Nasdaq, and threatened to resume a selloff that battered US stocks during the first few weeks of the year.
Money managers are pivoting toward sectors including energy and banking they say stand to benefit from the economic recovery and higher borrowing costs.
“Investors are going in a short space of time from almost a perfect environment for risk assets to a more normal environment,” said Nicholas Brooks, head of economic and investment research at Intermediate Capital Group.
“Companies that benefited most from that dramatic easing in monetary policy would be more vulnerable to large selloffs if there are any disappointment in their earnings.”
ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for February 4 [intraday]:
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Code Company Price % Market Cap CNB Carnaby Resource Ltd 1.905 40% $191,127,944.08 BAS Bass Oil Ltd 0.002 33% $6,919,022.19 DCX Discovex Res Ltd 0.0125 25% $25,686,640.76 MOB Mobilicom Ltd 0.05 22% $13,199,405.36 OMX Orangeminerals 0.18 20% $6,183,000.00 LCT Living Cell Tech. 0.006 20% $5,141,818.62 VPR Volt Power Group 0.003 20% $23,361,333.90 AUQ Alara Resources Ltd 0.07 19% $41,620,325.10 E2M E2 Metals 0.295 18% $37,617,803.25 EMU EMU NL 0.021 17% $9,896,660.71 COY Coppermoly Limited 0.014 17% $26,327,483.15 T3D 333D Limited 0.0035 17% $8,412,556.64 FNT Frontier Resources 0.029 16% $20,625,049.70 THR Thor Mining PLC 0.015 15% $11,897,043.15 CPM Coopermetalslimited 0.42 15% $9,862,300.00 DMM Dmcmininglimited 0.155 15% $3,672,000.00 FFC Farmaforce Ltd 0.062 15% $7,056,772.92 TDO 3D Oil Limited 0.055 15% $12,729,041.86 MSI Multistack Internat. 0.044 13% $5,315,853.04 LYK Lykosmetalslimited 0.315 13% $17,220,000.00 CTO Citigold Corp Ltd 0.009 13% $22,669,272.73 ITM Itech Minerals Ltd 0.34 11% $26,992,499.09 DDT DataDot Technology 0.01 11% $11,194,825.19 DXN DXN Limited 0.01 11% $13,241,833.52 EPX Ept Global Limited 0.13 11% $20,510,442.80
The biggest small cap winner today was Carnaby Resources (ASX:CNB), closely followed by JV partner Discovex Resources (ASX:DCX) after announcing a “major discovery confirmed!” at the ‘Nil Desperandum’ prospect, part of the ‘Greater Duchess’ copper-gold project in Queensland.
RC drill hole NLRC066 intersected a strong 50m down hole zone of copper sulphide mineralisation from 250m to bottom of hole (BOH) containing up to 30% chalcopyrite based on visual estimates – with results pending.
Carnaby MD Rob Watkins says that the visual intercepts confirm that that the high-grade copper gold mineralisation intersected in NLDD044 last year and now in NLRC066 are over exceptional true widths.
“This gives us great confidence in the plunge extension potential of the high-grade Nil Desperandum breccia shoot,” he said.
The company plans to extend drill hole NLR066 with a diamond drill trial.
Also up today was 3D Oil (ASX:TDO) who have been awarded VIC/P79 exploration permit containing the Vanguard gas prospect in the offshore Otway Basin – adjacent to the producing Geographe gas field.
The company says the Vanguard prospect has a best estimate prospective resource of 161 Bcf (in-permit).
ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS
Code Company Price % Market Cap WOO Wooboard Tech Ltd 0.0015 -25% $7,644,325.48 CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.002 -20% $37,756,434.28 AIQ Alternative Invest 0.095 -17% $32,346,593.95 SRN Surefire Rescs NL 0.0125 -17% $16,564,656.14 BIR BIR Financial Ltd 0.029 -15% $3,448,829.68 SHH Shree Minerals Ltd 0.018 -14% $22,327,974.73 CT1 Constellation Tech 0.006 -14% $10,298,402.59 M24 Mamba Exploration 0.19 -14% $9,278,500.66 ROG Red Sky Energy. 0.007 -13% $42,417,817.58 TMX Terrain Minerals 0.007 -13% $5,886,088.07 DEX Duke Exploration 0.14 -13% $14,433,784.32 RTH Ras Tech 1.195 -12% $61,733,008.48 ASQ Australian Silica 0.12 -11% $37,349,150.90 JXT Jaxstaltd 0.04 -11% $15,416,018.96 HFY Hubify Ltd 0.058 -11% $31,944,963.12 IEC Intra Energy Corp 0.017 -11% $8,661,770.07 FTZ Fertoz Ltd 0.22 -10% $56,020,973.09 MLG Mlgozltd 0.72 -10% $116,535,330.40 PYR Payright Limited 0.18 -10% $13,976,176.80 SFM Santa Fe Minerals 0.2 -9% $16,020,133.58 REM Remsensetechnologies 0.465 -9% $16,778,527.23 TRT Todd River Res Ltd 0.077 -8% $47,645,328.11 NCL Netccentric Ltd 0.11 -8% $33,961,399.44 CFO Cfoam Limited 0.011 -8% $8,806,087.61 ESH Esports Mogul Ltd 0.0055 -8% $19,331,963.77
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