Stocks of interest at the close of trading on Monday, December 2.
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AYS - AMAYSIM - up four cents, or 10.3 per cent, to 43 cents
Australia's largest mobile virtual network operator is buying privately owned competitor Jeenee Mobile for $7.8 million, and will move its 41,700 recurring post-paid mobile subscribers to its own systems and retire the brand over the next six months.
OPT - OPTHEA - up 43 cents, or 15.8 per cent, to $3.16
The biotech devoted to fighting eye diseases has raised $50 million in an institutional placement at $2.65 per share.
NOX - NOXOPHARM - up 4.5 cents, or 13.9 per cent, to 37 cents
A phase 1b drug trial found its anti-cancer suppository drug Veyonda significantly reduced pain in 10 of 15 men with late-stage prostate cancer.
Noxopharm executive chairman and chief executive Graham Kelly said the drug "has delivered a very meaningful anti-cancer effect in a high proportion of men, halting progression of their disease and providing an average 80 per cent reduction in their pain levels, including some men becoming pain-free".
IMF - IMF BENTHAM - up 34 cents, or 9.7 per cent, to $3.84
Some 6,800 claimants who sued the Queensland government, Seqwater and Sunwater over the state's devastating 2011 floods have won a class action funded by IMF Bentham.
IMF says it expects to earn income in the range of $100 million to $130 million from funding Maurice Blackburn's class action lawsuit, pending appeals.
SZL - SEZZLE - up 12 cents, or five cents, to $2.52
The buy now, pay later company has secured a $US100 million debt funding facility, more than tripling its current capacity.
PPG - PRO-PAC PACKAGING - down 0.5 cents, or 4.2 per cent, to 11.5 cents
Chief financial officer Rick Rostolis has tendered his resignation and will be leaving at the end of May.
NCM - NEWCREST MINING - down 86 cents, or 2.8 per cent, to $29.90
The goldminer released more results from drilling at its Havieron project, 45 km from its Telfer mine in Western Australia
ELO - ELMO SOFTWARE - up eight cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $6.90
The cloud-based HR and payroll solutions has invested $1.2 million in Melbourne software house Hero Brands in exchange for a 50 per cent stake in the company.
CAR - CARSALES.COM - up 13 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $16.54
The car retailer has announced a management shakeup "to recognise the increasingly global mindset of the business."
AJM - ALTURA MINING - down 0.1 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to 5.9 cents
The WA lithium miner is in talks with potential investors to refinance its current loan note debt.