In late afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a small decline. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is down 0.1% to 7,284.6 points.

Four ASX shares that are falling more than most today are listed below. Here’s why they are tumbling lower:

Altium Limited (ASX: ALU)

The Altium share price is down 7.5% to $34.27. Investors appear to be taking profit after an incredible gain earlier this week. Even after today’s decline, the electronic design software company’s shares are up 26% since the start of the week. This has been driven by a rejected takeover approach from US software giant Autodesk.

Appen Ltd (ASX: APX)

The Appen share price has fallen 3.5% to $12.86. This also appears to have been driven by profit taking. Prior to today, this artificial intelligence data services company’s shares were up 15% since this time last month. Improving investor sentiment in the tech sector and optimism over its new operating model have helped drive its shares higher.

National Storage REIT (ASX: NSR)

The National Storage share price is down 2% to $2.04. This follows news that National Storage has raised gross proceeds of approximately $260 million via an accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer. The storage giant raised the funds at a 4% discount of $2.00 per new share. It is now aiming to raise a further $65 million from retail investors. These funds will be used to support its growth strategy.

Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW)

The Woolworths share price is down 2% to $42.63. Today’s decline appears to have been driven by a broker note out of Credit Suisse. According to the note, the broker has downgraded the retail giant’s shares to an underperform rating with a $37.98 price target. This follows its review of the company’s Endeavour demerger plans.

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China is considering imposing price controls to tame the raging coal market as it grapples with a looming energy crisis.

If you fail the first time, try and try again seems to be the motto of the Chinese Communist Party.

Never mind that authoritarian price controls have failed in the past! Chinese officials are reportedly thinking about capping the price miners can sell coal, reported Bloomberg.

Commodity price surge feeding inflation

This is in response to surging demand for electricity as power plants struggling to keep up due to the lack of cheap coal.

Not coincidently, China’s factory gate inflation surged to its highest level since 2008 in May. The producer price index increased 9% from the year before. This is higher than the 8.5% median forecast that economists surveyed by Bloomberg where expecting.

As I reported on Monday, Beijing’s embargo on Australian coal is contributing to the coal problem. Power utilities may have to ration electricity as unseasonably hot weather and a ramp up in factory production post-COVID-19 are putting a strain on supply.

China thinks it can control prices

It’s interesting that China believes capping prices can make the problem go away. If anything, higher prices stimulate supply and vice-versa.

But this isn’t stopping the Chinese government from testing the theory. The price cap is being trialled at at Yulin, a major production base in north western Shaanxi province, according to Bloomberg.

This isn’t the only idea that’s being tested. Chinese authorities are considering enforcing a limit of 900 ($181.84) yuan to 930 yuan a ton on the benchmark price at the port of Qinhuangdao. The hope is that this will influence other markets nationwide.

Coal price near record highs

The price of coal at Qinhuangdao jumped to a record high of 962 yuan a ton on May 19 before moderating to around 865 yuan. That’s still well ahead of the historical average of 547 yuan a ton.

“Under this scenario, power plants would be advised by the authorities that they can’t buy coal above that level,” said Bloomberg.

Again, it’s difficult to see how these ideas will increase the supply of coal, which is at the heart of the problem.

Same controls, different results?

The demand-supply imbalance is made worse by China’s move to close unsafe mines following a spate of fatal accidents. It’s doing this ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party next month.

No official decision has yet been made and it’s worth noting that China has unsuccessfully tried to control the commodity price before.

Market manipulation can worsen the problem

No surprises that didn’t work. What’s surprising is that the Communist Party is using the same playbook again but expecting a different outcome.

“China produces and consumes mostly its own coal and the supply chain is dominated by state-owned firms,” said Bloomberg.

“But the precedent of imposing price controls could still rattle other commodities markets that rely on imports and the private sector.”

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Motley Fool Australia Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips joined Nine’s Late News on Tuesday night to discuss the economic news of the day, including two big share price bouncebacks — Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB) and WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) — plus great news from NAB’s latest business survey, and concerns that more Australians are taking on too much mortgage debt.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has slipped today after a strong initial push into positive territory. At the time of writing, the ASX 200 is down 0.25% to 7,274.5 points.

Let’s take a look at some of the ASX 200 shares that are being the most heavily traded today:

3 ASX shares that are the ASX 200’s biggest movers today

Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC)

Coal miner Whitehaven is one of the most active ASX 200 shares on the markets today, with 14 million shares having traded hands so far at the time of writing. That can probably be explained by Whitehaven’s strong 5.72% jump today to $1.94 a share, which we looked at earlier. Whitehaven has also had a very strong month of performance, with the shares up close to 54% since early May. Investors can likely thank galloping coal prices for this situation.

Coda Minerals Ltd (ASX: COD)

Coda Minerals shares are also finding their way around the ASX boards today, with a hefty 23.5 million shares changing hands so far today. One look at the current Coda share price gives away the probable cause here. Coda shares are currently up a whopping 162% today to 93 cents a share. A promising ASX update this morning, which flagged a significant discovery at one of Coda’s copper mines, has seemingly gotten investors very excited over the company’s future.

Imugene Limited (ASX: IMU)

Imugene was the most traded ASX 200 share yesterday and has scored a double today, with the company topping ASX 200 trading with a substantial 52 million shares bouncing around the ASX boards. There have been no major news or announcements that might have sparked such a move. However, this company’s trading today has been volatile. Imugene shares were up close to 7% in early trading this morning, but have since given up those gains, and are now down 3.12% to 32 cents a share at the time of writing. With such volatility, it’s no real surprise to see such a large number of shares swapping hands today. Even so, Imugene shares are still up more than 19% over the past month, and 675% over the past year.

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ASX mining shares Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX: SFR) and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX: PRN) are having an interesting day’s trade following a market update provided by both companies. The companies come into focus after agreeing to a $650 million partnership on an African copper mine. Sandfire Resources is a mineral exploration company, focused on copper, and Perenti Global provides a range of diversified services up and down the mining value chain.

In morning trade, both Perenti and Sandfire shares were in the green, up by as much as 7.4% and 4.2%, respectively. However, at the time of writing, both companies have retreated, with Perenti shares now trading 1.47% lower for the day at 67 cents.

The Sandfire share price is, at least, still in the green, trading 2.67% higher at $7.32.

Let’s take a closer look at today’s news.

What’s impacting these ASX mining shares?

In separate statements to the ASX, both companies confirmed Sandfire Resources will partner with Perenti and award it the $648 million, 7 years and 3-month contract for open pit mining services at Sandfire’s Motheo Copper Project in Botswana.

The award of the contract is subject to the granting of the mining licence to Sandfire and then execution of the contract. The mine will begin operations sometime in 2022.

Management commentary

Sandfire managing director and CEO Karl Simich said:

By partnering with a group with deep roots and strong community and stakeholder relationships in Africa, we have a unique opportunity to work together to create a lasting, positive legacy in Botswana and deliver significant sustainability and [environmental, social, and governance] outcomes.

Perenti managing director and CEO Mark Nowell added:

Partnering with Sandfire is a great opportunity and collectively we share a strong commitment to the creation of shareholder value while demonstrating the highest standards of safety, responsibility and sustainability. We look forward to demonstrating our capabilities as we deliver on our commitments at the Motheo Project.

Growing our footprint in Botswana is aligned with our 2025 strategy, to further expand into stable mining jurisdictions and pursue quality projects. The benefit of adding Motheo to the Perenti project portfolio is the opportunity to leverage our existing in-region operational presence at Zone 5 as well as partnering with Sandfire to develop Botswana’s next large-scale, highly productive, world-class copper mine.

Copper commodity price history

When the feasibility study for the Motheo project was completed, it assumed a standard price for copper of US$3.16 per pound. Currently, the reddish-gold metal is trading on the commodities market for US$4.55 per pound.

Despite the fact copper is much higher than originally forecast, the current price is down nearly 4% over the last month. According to the website Trading Economics, weak demand out of China is driving the price down. China is the largest importer of copper in the world.

Motley Fool has previously reported on copper’s price rise over the past 14 months, due in part to a growing global economy and increasing demand for green technologies, in which copper is a vital component.

Share price snapshots

Over the past 12 months, Perenti shares have decreased by around 57% while the Sandfire share price has gained around 46%. Perenti reached a 12-month low late last month while Sandfire shares hit a 52-week high earlier in the same month.

Perenti and Sandfire Resources have market capitalisations of around $472 million and $1.3 billion, respectively.

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The National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) share price was hit earlier in the week when AUSTRAC confirmed it’s investigating the bank for potential breaches of anti-money laundering legislation.

However, media reports today have revealed that NAB is attempting to combat compliance issues with its Project Apollo.

The NAB share price is currently trading 0.7% lower at $26.58. Three of the big four banks are moving lower today – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ASX: ANZ) is the exception.

What is Project Apollo?

As jointly reported by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, NAB’s Project Apollo is the bank’s response to its potential ongoing compliance issues.

NAB has brought global consulting firm Accenture onboard and beefed up the number of staff working on the project. This follows AUSTRAC commencing a formal investigation into potential breaches.

So, what is Project Apollo exactly? According to reports, the project is an attempt at spearheading problems in identifying high-risk customers banking through ASX-listed NAB.

Financial institutions must assume the responsibility through ‘know your customer’ obligations outlined in Australia’s laws to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing.

While the full details of the project are secretive, sources say Apollo involves examining hundreds of thousands of customer profiles. The objective of the extensive review process is to delete duplicate accounts and remove high-risk customers.

Unsatisfactory checks and balances

Comments made by former NAB staff to The Age raised issues with compliance in the past. The former employees claimed it would be common to find bank accounts with falsified identification documents.

“We would come across profiles set up by government ministers, they were rated low [risk], then you realise these guys are [politically exposed persons] and should be under far more monitoring than usual.”

The sources said Australia’s second biggest bank is working with technology more than 20 years old. Analysts are allegedly sorting through bank statements manually to determine suspicious activity, the claimed.

NAB has been facing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism compliance issues since 2017.

The NAB share price still outperformed the ASX

Despite the controversy shrouding NAB, the ASX’s benchmark index hasn’t managed to keep up. Over the past 12 months, the NAB share price has rallied 30%. Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) delivered 18.5% during the same period.

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The Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) share price continues to be volatile. But is it a buy right now? Some brokers have had their say on the airline.

Over just the last two months, Qantas shares dropped almost 20% to $4.40 and from that low on 13 May 2021 it has risen by 10% to the price of $4.82 at the time of writing.

What happened in the most recent update?

On 20 May 2021, Qantas gave a market update.

The airline said that a sustained domestic recovery is driving strong cash generation. Qantas said at the time it was expecting to be statutory free cash flow positive for the second half of FY21. Jetstar generated positive underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in April 2021.

Qantas is expecting to generate $400 million to $450 million of underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in FY21. Qantas loyalty has returned to earnings growth in the second half of FY21.

Net debt peaked at $6.4 billion for the airline and is expected to be lower than December 2020 ($6.05 billion) by the end of the financial year.

The airline has also forecast a statutory loss before tax of more than $2 billion in FY21. This includes significant costs associated with redundancies, aircraft write downs and non-cash depreciation charges.

Qantas said that its recovery program is on track to deliver $600 million of ongoing cost reductions in FY21.

The company is seeing a domestic recovery which is driving the airline’s improved financials. Domestic flying is expected to almost double between the first and second half of this financial year.

Domestic corporate travel, including the small business segment, continues to recover and is now at 75% of pre-COVID levels. This was a month on month improvement from where it was at 65% of pre-COVID levels in April.

Qantas said that leisure demand is growing strongly, with deferred international holidays converting into multiple domestic trips.

The airline said it’s on track to reach 95% of its pre-COVID domestic capacity for the fourth quarter of FY21. Qantas and Jetstar expect to average 107% and 120% respectively of their pre-COVID domestic capacity in FY22.

Broker ratings on the Qantas share price

There isn’t a consensus view on the airline.

The broker Citi thinks that Qantas shares are a buy, with a price target of $5.89. That suggests a potential upside over the next 12 months of more than 20%. Citi likes the strong market share that the airline has.

However, Credit Suisse has a sell rating on Qantas with a price target of $4.15. Whilst it acknowledges the benefits of the reduction of costs for Qantas, it pointed to the increase competition from Regional Express Holdings Ltd (ASX: REX) and the older Qantas planes as reasons why it had a lower price target for the Qantas share price. COVID-19 problems could also be an issue.

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The Probiotec Limited (ASX: PBP) share price is on the move during late afternoon trade. This comes after the pharmaceutical products company provided investors with a trading update and earnings guidance for FY21.

At the time of writing, Probiotec shares are up 7.18% to $2.09.

How is Probiotec performing in FY21? 

Investors are snapping up Probiotec shares following the company’s trading update and strong earnings outlook.

According to its release, Probiotec announced it is continuing to deliver on its strategy, increasing value for shareholders. Both existing and new customers have inquired about the company’s onshore manufacturing capability.

The company stated that its pharmaceutical product categories affected by COVID-19 are beginning to recover. It is anticipated that this will progressively improve throughout the first-half of FY22, with normal levels returning in H2 FY22.

Although, the current lockdown in Victoria is expected to have a slight impact on the overall group’s earnings for FY21.

Pleasingly, Probiotec’s recent acquisition of Multipack-LJM in January this year has performed in line with expectations for the 6 months. The business’ earnings are weighted more towards the second-half end of the year (July to December). With that in mind, the company is focused on using Multipack-LJM’s toolkit to attract more customers and drive revenue growth.

Looking ahead, Probiotec is forecasting revenue to be in the range of $118 million to $122 million. This is a minimum increase of 10% on FY20’s result of $107 million.

Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) is projected to come between $21 million and $22 million. When compared against the prior corresponding period ($16.9 million in FY20), this is around a 25% jump.

Underlying earnings per share (EPS) is predicted to drop from FY20’s result (11.1 cents per share). This metric is assumed to fall somewhere between 10 cents and 11 cents per share.

Probiotec share price snapshot

In November, Probiotec shares raced higher following notice of its planned acquisition of contract packing specialist, Multipack-LJM. The company’s share price reached an all-time high of $2.50 when the takeover was completed in January.

Since then, Probiotec shares have been on a downhill trend, posting a loss of 12% on year-to-date share price performance.

Based on today’s price, Probiotec has a market capitalisation of roughly $163 million, with 78 million shares on its registry.

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GrainCorp Limited (ASX: GNC) is one ASX-listed agriculture share that has been in the firing line of China’s 80% import tariff on Australian barley.

As Motley Fool has previously reported, the tariffs were imposed after China claimed that Australia used the illegal practice of dumping. A claim vigorously denied by Australia.

Despite the loss of a major part of its market, the GrainCorp share price has enjoyed a bit of a renaissance of late, rising 19% in the last 3 months. We explore the possible reasons. 

GrainCorp succeeds in finding markets outside China 

In May, GrainCorp reported revenue of $2,63.5 million for the  half-year ending 31 March, delivering a 30.8% increase on the prior corresponding period. Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from continuing operations grew to $140 million. 

For several years, GrainCorp has made it a priority to focus on other markets, not just as a response to the barley tariffs but because it equated to good business.

In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, GrainCorp managing director Robert Spurway said: 

What we have seen is that Australian grain remains competitively priced in most destination markets and that has created opportunities and, as a result of the tariffs, as you always do with tariffs when they are applied, a bit of disruption and dislocation to global trade but the underlying demand remains there.

Crop forecast to hit peak in June

A report out of Bell and Porter last month pointed to the June Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics crop report. It highlighted an east coast winter crop forecast of 22.1 megatonnes (mt), the highest June forecast ever and above last year’s previous high of 21.5mt. 

Further, Bell and Porter added that the “current soil moisture profiles, the three-month rainfall outlook and grain futures pricing, all look supportive of another above-average crop size and trading margin outcome for GNC”. 

Despite the positive forecast, Bell and Porter downgraded the GrainCorp share price from buy to hold, Analysts cited the main reason for the downgrade being the high likelihood that a seasonal peak in earnings was close to being reached.

Meanwhile, GrainCorp’s earnings guidance upgrade reflected strong margins due to high global demand for Australian grain and oilseeds. The turnaround demonstrates that exporters can succeed in finding markets outside China.

The GrainCorp share price is trading at $5.19 up 0.48%, at the time of writing.

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The United States government is reportedly on track to pass a massive suite of legislation aiming to crack down on China and to promote US technological dominance in the 21^st century.

US politics has long been characterised by bitter partisanship. It’s very rare these days to see a law passed that has the support of both President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party and former President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. This was epitomised by the passage of the massive US$1.9 trillion COVID relief package back in March. This package, which included direct stimulus cheques, managed to pass through Congress despite zero Republican support.

US-China competition heating up

But today, it looks as though American politicians have put down their partisan tendencies. Even if temporarily. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) today, the US Senate has just passed a substantial US$250 billion suite of legislation targeting China. It aims to propel American economic and technological dominance in the face of strong Chinese competition. This bill is titled the US Innovation and Competition Act.

The Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, said this on the floor of the US Senate on the bill:

The bill will go down as one of the most important things this chamber has done in a very long time, a statement of faith in America’s ability to seize the opportunities of the 21st century… Whoever wins the race to the technologies of the future is going to be the global economic leader. With profound consequences for foreign policy and national security as well.

Importantly, the bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support in a 68-32 vote. It now heads to the House of Representatives for final approval. This is expected to be granted with minimal modification. The bill earmarks US$50 billion over 5 years to support domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips. This is an industry that America views as critical to 21st-century dominance.

Another US$81.5 billion will be allocated to research and development. This will target the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology as well as 5G and 6G wireless technology. Additionally, it also reportedly instructs the US Secretary of State to list Chinese state-owned companies that have engaged in intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers.

What does this mean for ASX shares?

Australia and China have been locked in a deteriorating diplomatic relationship over the past year. This has resulted in a number of economic consequences for Australian business. These include import restrictions on many Australian goods entering China. This has curtailed export access for many ASX companies. Some of the ASX shares that have felt the pain of these restrictions include Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB), Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE).

Since Australia is a close ally of the United States, it’s possible that these companies may not be too happy with this news today. It’s unlikely to lessen international tensions, to say the least. We’ll have to wait and see if this bill, upon its likely passage, results in any changes to economic relations between the US, China and Australia over the next year and beyond. But it certainly gives us an insight into where things may be going.

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