The Strike Energy Ltd (ASX: STX) share price plummeted today, hitting a new 52-week low in intraday trade.

Interestingly, the dip comes despite no price sensitive news being released by the company. However, it did inform the market its deputy chair will face court in Western Australia over an alleged quarantine breach.

As of Monday’s close, the Strike share price is 17 cents, 2.86% lower than its previous close.

Earlier today, the company’s stock plunged to a new 12-month low of 16.5 cents, representing a single-day drop of 5.7%.

Making the dip even more noteworthy is the fact many of the company’s peers surged higher. While Strike isn’t on the S&P/ASX 200 Energy Index (ASX: ZEJ), it’s worth noting the index gained 2.7% on Monday.

Let’s take a closer look at the non-price sensitive news released by the oil and gas explorer today.  

Strike Energy share price slides amid border drama

The Strike Energy share price fell today after the company’s deputy chair, Neville Power, was summoned to appear in court.

The company stated Power will face court for a matter relating to Western Australia’s quarantine laws.

According to ABC News, Power and another man failed to complete a G2G Pass before travelling into Western Australia. A G2G Pass is is a measurement to help the Western Australia Police Force manage COVID-19 travel directions.

The two men allegedly helicoptered to Exmouth from Queensland. They then reportedly continued to Perth’s Jandakot Airport, stopping at Carnarvon and Geraldton for fuel.

In addition to his role as deputy chair of Strike Energy, Power is chair of Perth Airport and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Power also chaired the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, a body designed to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on jobs and business and ready the country for a speedy recovery.

Strike Energy stated Power will continue his duties as a director of the company.

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The Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) share price closed higher on Monday, finishing the day up 1.48% to $96.44.

It’s a small but welcome spike for the mining giant which has been swimming in a sea of red over the last three months.

Let’s take a closer look at what happened with Rio’s shares today.

What’s up with the Rio Tinto share price?

Rio shares edged higher despite there being no market-sensitive information for the company today.

In its absence, we have to look to the underlying commodity markets to decipher what forces may be at play.

According to its financial statements, Rio derived over 62% of its revenue in 1H 2021 from iron ore with aluminium sales coming in a distant second at 17%. It also derived 75% of its 1H earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from iron ore.

The price of iron ore fell off the cliff in August amid efforts in China to curb steel production and control carbon emissions.

More than 80% of China’s steel mills suspended production in September for maintenance work. That, coupled with the debt crisis facing Chinese property firms, saw iron ore prices tumble more than 54%, or US$119.5/tonne, from July to the end of September.

However, it has since made a slight recovery, bouncing off its lows of US$103/tonne on 22 September to now trade around 9% higher at US$112/tonne.

Rio is considered a price taker on iron ore, given it is an ASX resource share that produces the commodity. It has no real pricing power in the iron ore markets.

As such, its share price can and does fluctuate with volatility in broader commodity markets and with iron ore in particular.

It’s also worth noting that today’s gains appeared to carry across the wider ASX iron ore and metals’ basket as well.

For instance, the S&P/ASX 300 Metals & Mining Index (XMM) closed 1.34% higher while fellow iron ore heavyweights Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG) and BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) each ticked into the green today.

Rio Tinto share price snapshot

The Rio Tinto share price has struggled this year to date, having posted a loss of 15% since January 1. This appears to be driven by the decrease in iron ore prices.

As such, it has only climbed 1.09% into the green over the past 12 months.

Each of these results are well behind the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO)’s return of around 21% in that time.

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Today, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) started the week off with a positive move. The benchmark index moved 0.34% higher to 7,441 points.

Despite a lagging tech sector, the Aussie benchmark recorded another green day for the year. Pulling the market ahead were shares in the energy, utilities, and materials sectors.

However, the question is: which shares delivered the biggest returns to investors on the ASX today? Here are the ten stocks that rose to the occasion:

Top 10 ASX shares countdown today

Looking at the top 200 listed companies, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) was the biggest gainer today. Shares in the mining and mining services company jumped 8.96% higher. This move came amid the company announcing the restart of operations at its Wodgina Lithium Mine. Find out more about Mineral Resources here.

The next biggest gaining ASX share today was Imugene Ltd (ASX: IMU). The clinical-stage drug developer’s shares rallied 6.74%. Despite the large gain, there were no announcements released by the company today. Uncover the latest Imugene details here.

Today’s top 10 biggest gains were made in these ASX shares:

ASX-listed company	Share price	Price change
Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN)	$42.91	8.96%
Imugene Ltd (ASX: IMU)	$0.475	6.74%
Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT)	$1.45	5.07%
Novonix Ltd (ASX: NVX)	$6.43	4.72%
Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG)	$5.38	3.86%
Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX: WPL)	$24.13	3.70%
Santos Ltd (ASX: STO)	$7.29	3.55%
Oil Search Ltd (ASX: OSH)	$4.48	3.46%
Home Consortium (ASX: HMC)	$8.17	3.42%
Champion Iron Ltd (ASX: CIA)	$4.77	3.25%

Our top 10 ASX shares today countdown is a recurring end-of-day summary to ensure you know which companies were making big moves on the day. Check-in at Fool.com.au after the market has closed during weekdays to see which stocks make the countdown.

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The Buxton Resources Limited (ASX: BUX) share price is one of the best performers on the ASX today. This comes after the company announced an update regarding its Copper Wolf Copper Project in Arizona, United States.

At the close of trade, Buxton Resources shares finished up 52.17% to 10.5 cents. That’s after topping out at 13 cents, up a whopping 88%, just before midday.

What did Buxton Resources announce?

In its release Buxton Resources advised it has completed its compilation and verification of data for the Copper Wolf project.

As such, the company revealed that the site hosts large Laramide porphyry deposits extending over 4 x 1.5-kilometre areas. Historical resource estimates include a JORC (2007) inferred resource for a portion of the zone reported by Liontown Resources Limited (ASX: LTR):

• 108 Mt at 0.8% Copper (Cu) and 0.03% Molybdenum (Mo) for 864,000 tonne of contained copper metal plus 32,400 tonne of molybdenum metal
• 40.3 Mt at 1.4% Cu and 0.035% Mo to 564,200 tonne of contained copper metal plus 14,000 tonne of molybdenum metal

However, giving rise to the Buxton Resources share price was that the company’s analysis was based on the historical estimate. It noted that about 74% of the above results lies within its tenure.

The project was previously hampered by a post mineral volcanic cover sequence. This places the mineralisation at a depth of between 400 metres to 550 metres below ground level.

Nonetheless, Buxton Resources highlighted that the project displays several positive attributes. They include excellent grades, further exploration potential, and low holding costs of around $20,000 per annum.

About the Buxton Resources share price

It’s been a solid year for Buxton Resources shares, achieving gains of almost 70% for 2021. However, when zooming out, its shares have travelled close to 17% higher in the last 12 months. The company’s shares reached a 52-week high of 15.5 cents in July, before profit-takers swooped in.

Based on today’s price, Buxton Resources commands a market capitalisation of roughly $9.38 million, with approximately 136 million shares outstanding.

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The Tyro Payments Ltd (ASX: TYR) share price finished in the green today after the company released its latest weekly trading update.

It seems the market reacted favourably to today’s update. The Tyro share price closed at $4.03, 3.33% higher than its previous close.

Let’s take a closer look at the latest news from the financial technology company.

Tyro share price lifts on weekly update

The Tyro share price gained on news its total payment value significantly increased week-on-week last week.

Over the week ended 22 October, Tyro processed $621 million worth of payments. The same week last year saw just $437 million put through Tyro’s systems.

For additional comparison, the fortnight prior to last week last saw Tyro process between $512 million and $575 million of transactions each week.

Interestingly, the boosted amounts correspond with the lifting of Victoria’s lockdown and the second week of freedom for New South Wales residents.

Additionally, the company has now processed around $8.3 billion of transactions in financial year 2022. By this time in financial year 2021, it had processed approximately $6.7 billion worth.

No doubt, Tyro shareholders will be breathing a sigh of relief to see the company’s share price closing higher today. Particularly, as last week was a rollercoaster for Tyro’s stock.

On Wednesday, Tyro announced proceedings against it had been filed in the Federal Court of Australia. The company is facing allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, among other things.

Tyro believes the proceedings are due to an outage that affected many of its terminals in January. It has already put in place a remediation program to support merchants affected by the outage.

Following the news the company will be going to court, the Tyro share price fell 3.4%.

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As the end of October draws near and November approaches, investors might be pondering: how do ASX share prices typically perform in the eleventh month of the year? To avoid a thesis-long analysis, this article keeps the assessment narrowed to the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).

Often the best approach to investing is simply applying dollar-cost averaging (DCA) and investing regularly regardless of the prevailing conditions. However, historical data can sometimes help us understand reoccurring themes. An example is the old “sell in May and go away” thematic.

How does November compare?

To establish what November typically looks like, we reviewed the historical monthly data of the Aussie benchmark index since 1970. While there are many ways to interpret the data, we have opted for the ‘average monthly return’ analysis.

Taking the average returns of each month across the past 51 years indicates that historically the best returns occur during April — how Foolish!

Following on from there, we can see the prevalence of the ASX 200 Christmas rally, with December being the second-best performing month on average for ASX share prices.

On average, November has been the fifth-highest returning month of the year. However, considering November has, in the past, been the beginning of multiple months of positive returns, investors might consider it a prime point of entry into the market.

What are the best months for ASX share prices in history?

We use the term ‘in history’ loosely, as 1970 is as far as our ASX 200 dates back to. Regardless, our findings indicate that the best month on record was indeed… November. In fact, we only need to look back 12 months to see the greatest monthly returns on record.

It appears 2020 was the year for setting records with April of the same year taking out the second spot.

Finally, it is worth noting that although October is tied with September as the worst month on average for ASX 200 share prices, October 1993 comes in as the fourth-highest monthly performance in history. This simply illustrates the unpredictable nature of the stock market and ASX share prices.

Ultimately, investing for the long term helps alleviate this short term unpredictability.

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The Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) share price is edging higher today, currently trading up around 3.5% at $24.05.

Woodside shares have started the week’s trading in the green, after giving away over 8% last week as the hydrocarbons producer released its Q3 update.

Now reports have surfaced the company is set to invest more than $1 billion to build a hydrogen and ammonia production facility in WA.

New carbon-neutral facility announced

News of the facility surfaced from the West Australian State Government’s camp, where it revealed the carbon-neutral hydrogen and ammonia production facility will be built.

According to the Western Australian Premier, Mark McGowan, the “first phase of the facility, dubbed H2Perth, will include more than $1 billion in capital expenditure”.

At full capacity, Woodside claims the product could produce up to 1,500 tonnes per day of hydrogen for export, a total of 547,000 tonnes each year.

It is to be built on “approximately 130 hectares of vacant industrial land to be leased from the State in the Kwinana Strategic Industrial Area and Rockingham Industry Zone”

Construction has been penciled in to start in 2024, but is still subject to several regulatory and commercial approvals.

It is ancitipated to eventually operate ‘electrolysers’ with a total capacity of more than 3GW. This is a good chunk of the current entire capacity of WA’s southwest interconnected system of 5.8GW.

The aims of the project are quite simple on both parties end – produce low cost, low carbon hydrogen-based energy for consumers and support renewable power generation in WA.

Hydrogen and ammonia from H2Perth would be produced with a zero-emissions focus, as hydrogen “produces zero-emissions when it is used as fuel”.

Woodside also aims to “support State initiatives to stimulate local hydrogen demand, particularly in the transport sector and among local heavy industry”.

Speaking on the announcement, Woodside CEO, Meg O’Neill espoused the project would be a ‘landmark’ project for both the company and the state:

Woodside has a proud track record as an Australian oil and gas producer and our LNG exports will continue helping Asia to reliably meet its energy needs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. Now, we intend to use our skills and financial strength to add new energy products and lower-carbon technologies and services to our portfolio, which can be scaled to meet customer demand.

Expanding on the commercial and external growth opportunities, O’Neill added:

Building in this location is not just about hydrogen. H2Perth will also facilitate substantial growth of renewables in Western Australia by providing to the grid a flexible and stabilising load that benefits uptake of intermittent renewable electricity by households and local industry. We will also be supporting local manufacturing jobs and opportunities.

Woodside Petroleum share price snapshot

It’s been a difficult year to date for the Woodside Petroleum share price, having posted a return of just 6% since January 1.

Despite this, it has gained 30% in the last 12 months, ahead of the S&P/ASX 200 index (ASX: XJO)’s return of around 21% in that time.

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The Deep Yellow Limited (ASX: DYL) share price is on the move during afternoon trade. This follows other uranium shares, which are also heating up the S&P/ASX 200 Energy Index (ASX: XEJ).

At the time of writing, Deep Yellow shares are rebounding from Friday’s losses to $1.095, up 4.78%.

What did Deep Yellow recently announce?

Investors are driving up Deep Yellow shares after the company provided an update to the ASX regarding a non-core asset.

On Friday, Deep Yellow announced an option agreement for the sale of shares in Shiyela Iron Pty Ltd. The latter holds the Shiyela Iron Ore Project, located in Namibia, around 45 kilometres from Walvis Bay deep-sea port.

Deep Yellow’s subsidiaries, Reptile Uranium Namibia and Oponona Investments, have a 95% and 5% interest in Shiyela Iron, respectively.

As such, both Reptile and Oponona entered into an exclusivity agreement with Namibian registered company HyIron Green Technologies.

Working together with German technology leader CO2Grab, HyIron aims to utilise its proprietary technology to produce green pig iron. The company has set its eyes on boutique steel manufacturers in Germany.

Under the agreement, HyIron will have a 12-month option to undertake due diligence along with a number of wind, water and solar studies. HyIron will pay a fee of US$100,000 for the exclusivity period, with an option to extend a further 6 months for US$50,000.

At the end of this time, HyIron will have the right to acquire all the shares in Shiyela Iron for US$5 million. However, this is provided that the price of iron ore at 62% Fe fines is trading above US$250 a tonne. If the spot price is fetching below US$100 a tonne, the purchase price will be lowered to US$3 million.

Deep Yellow share price snapshot

Over the last 12 months, Deep Yellow shares have surged more than 240%, with year-to-date gains of 130%. It’s worth noting, the company’s shares reached a multi-year high of $1.37 cents in mid-September.

Based on today’s prices, Deep Yellow commands a market capitalisation of roughly $364.09 million, with 331.7 million shares on issue.

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The DigitalX Ltd (ASX: DCC) share price is certainly enjoying a strong start to the trading week this Monday. At the time of writing, DigitalX shares are up a very pleasing 10%, rising from 10 cents to 11 cents a share. In contrast, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is also up, but by a far tamer 0.34% so far this Monday.

But that’s not where the party ends for DigitalX shareholders. Over the past month, this company has risen from 7 cents a share to today’s 11 cents. That’s a rise of an incredible 57% in just four weeks or so. On 1 October, the company hit 6 cents a share. That means its gains from that date stand at an even more impressive 83%.

So what’s gone so right for DigitalX in recent times?

Bitcoin boom lifts DigitalX share price?

To answer that, let’s rehash what this company actually does. So DigitalX is a fund manager on the ASX, and one of the only ones that invests directly in Bitcoin (CYYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. It has two flagship funds.

The DigitalX Bitcoin Fund enables access to “titled and audited ownership” of Bitcoin through a “traditional unit trust”.

The DigitalX Digital Asset Fund invests in Bitcoin and other “liquid, large capitalisation digital assets with a combination of smart beta strategies and active investment selection”.

Both of these funds are only available to sophisticated/wholesale investors.

So it’s pretty clear the fortunes of this company are intertwined with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. So it’s perhaps no surprise that DigitalX’s share price has boomed over the same period that Bitcoin has rallied an incredible 42.5% (in US dollar terms).

Pink sheets and impressive returns

The company’s latest asset exposure report (to 30 September) told us that it had $45.02 million worth of Bitcoin and other “digital assets” as of 30 September. That portfolio is probably worth a lot more today, seeing as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have rallied so strongly over past few weeks. The company also stated that its 12-month returns now stand at 266.82% for the Bitcoin Fund. And 463.86% for the Digital Asset Fund

These might be some reasons behind why the DigitalX share price has appreciated so enthusiastically over the past month.

Another recent development may also be helping. Back on 6 October, DigitalX announced that it is now trading on the OTCQB markets over in the US. That’s an upgrade from its old home on the ‘pink sheets’.

The OTCQB is an over-the-counter (OTC) share market in the US. But one home to less speculative investments than the bottom-tier pink sheets. The company estimates that this new OTC listing will give it “the opportunity to further build visibility, expand liquidity and further diversify its shareholder base in the US which has shown a deep understanding of blockchain and blockchain related companies…”.

This might have also given investors a sentiment boost over the DigitalX share price.

Whatever the true reasons behind this company’s stellar month, there will be a lot of happy shareholders out there. At the current DigitalX share price of 11 cents, this company has a market capitalisation of $81.36 million.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is in the green today, up 0.37% in late afternoon trading.

October is, so far, proving to be a better month for Aussie blue-chips than last month, with the index up 1.6% since the closing bell on 30 September.

But, despite the turnaround, the ASX 200 remains down 2.3% from its 13 August highs.

Inflation returns…and may be sticking around

The ASX 200 witnessed late August and September falls of more than 5.8% before the market started to claw back some losses. It mirrored similar falls in most global indices.

There was no single cause for the widespread share price retreats. But investor fears that inflation may be back to stay, rather than be transitory as many economists had forecast, saw bond yields spike. And growth stocks like technology companies took some of the biggest hits.

Growth stocks are broadly more vulnerable to any sustained uptick in inflation. That’s because rising interest rates required to keep inflation in check mean the present cost of money goes up. And growth stocks tend to be valued on revenue streams that may be years in the making yet.

Now, the jury’s still out on just how high inflation may get across developed nations — and how long it may last. But more analysts are saying soaring energy and material costs and crimped supply lines make it increasingly likely inflation isn’t going back to where it was pre-COVID. Let alone the deflationary period in the early post pandemic months.

According to Maple-Brown Abbott chief investment officer Garth Rossle (quoted by the Australian Financial Review), “Raw material prices are up and energy prices are up too, so I just don’t think inflation’s going back to where it was.”

So, what’s an inflation wary ASX 200 investor to do?

Two ASX 200 shares for an inflationary world

Andrew Mitchell, senior portfolio manager at Ophir Asset Management, echoes Rossle’s outlook, saying, “I don’t think there is any question now that consumer price inflation in many advanced economies is going to more persistent than most expected.”

With inflation concerns in mind, Mitchell recommended ASX 200 investors consider stocks with lower valuations:

Equity markets can usually handle higher inflation and bond yields as long as it’s incrementally higher – it’s the big spikes that it tends to freak out on. Investors worried about persistent inflation damaging their portfolio returns should turn to stocks with low valuations that are less affected by rate rises and those with pricing power that can pass on those higher costs on to consumers.

Mitchell named Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SVW) and Elders Ltd (ASX: ELD) as two ASX 200 shares Ophir holds that he believes will outperform in an inflationary world.

As quoted by the AFR, he said:

In our small- and mid-cap space, some that fit that bill are Seven Group (the conglomerate driven by its Caterpillar equipment and Coates Hire exposures) and Elders, the ag services business with exposures across wool, grain, seeds and fertiliser… Both trade well below a market multiple and do well during a cyclical upswing in demand.

How have these ASX 200 shares been performing?

Over the past 12 months, the Seven Group share price is up 2.86%. Elders’ share price has gained around 2% in that same time while the ASX 200 has gained 21%.

At the current share prices, Elders pays a 2.9% dividend yield, 20% franked, while Seven Group pays a 2.2% dividend yield, fully franked.

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