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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell by 0.2% today to 7,046 points.

Here are some of the highlights from the ASX:

NIB Holdings Limited (ASX: NHF)

The NIB share price went up by around 10% today in response to profit guidance for the rest of FY21.

NIB explained that the COVID-19 pandemic impact on market demand and healthcare treatment were profound and are continuing. However, management said that it’s apparent that the core NIB Australian resident health insurance (ARHI) business is performing well.

At 31 March 2021, total ARHI policyholders had grown to 641,804. Claims experience, especially risk equalisation, continues to be lower than expected.

NIB’s group underlying operating profit (UOP) for the nine months to 31 March 2021 was $140.9 million. The provision for deferred and suspended claims during the pandemic for ARHI was $59 million, compared to $70.7 million for the first half of FY21.

Management said that the extent of the ‘catch up’ in the third quarter in healthcare treatment deferred during the COVID-19 lockdown period appears to be slower than what had been assumed at 31 December 2020.

The “strong” ARHI performance is more than offsetting the COVID-affected international inbound health insurance and travel insurance businesses.

NIB has decided to increase its investment in marketing, growth projects and business transformation because of the ARHI performance.

The ASX 200 health insurance business is now expecting to make UOP of between $200 million to 4225 million for this financial year.

Perenti Global Ltd (ASX: PRN)

The Perenti share price went up by more than 3% today after it said that its subsidiary, the hard-rock underground miner Barminco has received a letter of intent from Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) for the development of an underground exploration decline at the Red Chris Project in Canada.

The Red Christ Project is a 70-30 joint venture partnership between Newcrest and Imperial Metals Corporation.

It’s within Tahlton Territory, home to some of Canada’s richest mineral resources in an area known as the Golden Triangle. Barminco has developed a strong relationship with the Tahltan Nation Development Corporation and intends to establish the foundations for an ongoing partnership to create social and economic value for the members of the Tahlton Nation and the region.

Newcrest’s letter of intent is for a scope of works that includes mobilisation and site establishment activities and development of a 3.5km underground exploration decline.

Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC)

The Westpac share price fell 0.2% today after announcing a total $282 million profit hit for its upcoming interim result.

The ASX 200 bank outlined various items that totalled $282 million, some of which were already known.

There were a few items that were above $100 million in size. On the negative side, there was $220 million for additional provisions for customer refunds, payments, associated costs and litigation provisions. There was also $115 million for write-down and of capitalised software and other intangibles as well as $113 million of an accounting loss on the sale of Westpac Pacific, along with transaction costs and payments associated with divestments.

However, these losses were offset by the $288 million positive revaluation of its investment in Coinbase and a $18 million gain on the sale of its Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) shares.

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Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended NIB Holdings Limited. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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The REY Resources Limited (ASX: REY) share price remains flat today despite the company releasing its quarterly activities report, highlighting a new deal with Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG).

The REY Resources share price is 27 cents and hasn’t moved a cent for the past week.

REY Resources is an exploring and developing energy resources company. It operates in two segments, mineral exploration and development and petroleum exploration in Western Australia. REY is currently focused on developing its oil and gas interests in the Canning and Perth Basins.

REY Resources and Origin Energy’s deal

The Fitzroy Blocks are an oil and gas field located in the Canning Basin in the northwest of Western Australia. On 21 December 2020, REY Resources and its fellow Fitzroy Blocks explorers, Buru Energy Limited (ASX: BRU) signed a legally binding letter of agreement with Origin. 

In the agreement, both Buru and Rey will farm out 20% of their respective participating interests to Origin. Origin will need to fully fund several work programs. These include 2D seismic work with total costs of $3 million across the two permits in 2021 and, optionally, one well drilling before 2025.

Subsequently, Origin has been assigned 40% participating interests in the Fitzroy Blocks and the current interests of REY, Buru and Origin in the Fitzroy Blocks are now 20%, 40% and 40% respectively.

REY’s other gas and oil interests

REY still holds a 100% interest in the Lennard Shelf Blocks, although, due to the licence application withdrawn by Buru, REY is now seeking another method for its oil disposal from the region. REY also holds a 100% interest in a petroleum exploration permit in the Derby Block.

REY will also acquire up to 75% equity interest in Australian gas explorers SouthnA, which holds significant interests in the Surat Gas Project, illustrating a busy period for REY Resources and the constantly fluctuating ownership of exploration territory in Western Australia’s mining regions.

REY Resources has relatively high hopes for the Surat Gas Project. Some of the production licences for the project historically had good production history, from five wells in total since the 1980s.

These wells were shut down in 2012, due to the suspension of one gas processing plant. Based on current studies, REY believes that the 3 Avondale wells in and one Deepwater well have good potential for gas production using existing flowlines. Many prospects also have not been tested.

REY Resources share price snapshot

The REY Resources share price has risen 12.5% over the past month and 25% over the past 12 months, beating the overall energy sector by 4%. 

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Shares in BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and other copper miners have lifted today, alongside rising prices in the red-gold metal.

At the close of trade today, the BHP share price was trading at $47.91, up 0.74%. Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) ended the day 1.31% higher at $122.74, OZ Minerals Limited (ASX: OZL) finished 0.41% higher at $24.38, and Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX: SFR) closed 1.14% higher at $6.21.

In comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) ended the day 0.2% lower.

Let’s see what factors were driving copper prices – and the BHP share price – higher today.

Copper and BHP share price up

As of writing, copper prices are up 1.16% today to reach a 9-year high of US $4.389 per pound. In comparison, the price of gold is up 0.2% today.

The copper price has risen 8.47% in a month and 86.6% in the past year as demand for copper increases and supply falls. Analysts picked copper’s record-breaking movement just last week.

While not solely focused on the much-used metal, BHP is still the largest copper extractor on the ASX by market capitalisation. Dramatic price movements of any commodity BHP has a material interest in, like copper, will likely affect the BHP share price.

Rising demand

As one of the most widely used metals in industry, copper tends to move in tandem with the global economy. It stands to reason then that as the COVID vaccine continues to be rolled out and expectations for an economic recovery grow, copper prices will continue to rise.

Another reason for copper’s strong growth is the rising demand for renewable energy. Copper is essential, along with lithium and platinum group elements and demand for electric vehicles is expected to grow exponentially into the future. Furthermore, government and industry are increasingly aware of the risks of climate change to both the environment and the economy.

Falling supply

Rising demand is not the only reason for the squeeze on copper prices. Expectations are high that supply will be limited in the near term due to labour disputes in Chile, a major global producer of copper.

BHP operates mines in Chile, and thus the BHP share price could be affected by any fracas in the South American nation.

Reuters reports that Chilean mining unions and dock workers are threatening strike action because of a dispute over pensions. The government wants to limit the amount of money workers can draw from their pension funds to deal with economic hardships after the country was hit hard by the pandemic. 

BHP share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, the BHP share price has increased 56.8%. It is only slightly down from its all-time high of $50.93 achieved in February this year.

BHP has a market capitalisation of $223.6 billion.

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Consumers should brace for higher grocery prices, but you might be able to hedge against this through some ASX shares.

Experts are warning that you could get a price shock the next time you fill your basket at the local supermarket as a range of soft commodity prices have surged.

These include corn, wheat, soybeans, vegetable oils, reported Bloomberg. This small handful of staples, which form the backbone of much of the world’s diet, have become dramatically more expensive.

Soft commodity prices surge to eight-year high

“This week, the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index — which tracks key farm products — surged the most in almost nine years, driven by a rally in crop futures,” reported Bloomberg.

“With global food prices already at the highest since mid-2014, this latest jump is being closely watched because staple crops are a ubiquitous influence on grocery shelves — from bread and pizza dough to meat and even soda.”

Food prices set to rise even further

Cheap lobsters and wine aside, no thanks to belligerent China, food price inflation is probably just around the corner for Aussies.

Higher grocery bills will add to inflationary pressure. This creates a headwind for our economy that’s trying to recover from COVID-19.

“There seems to be sort of a bullish force behind the prices internationally,” Abdolreza Abbassian, senior economist at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, said in an interview with Bloomberg.

“The indications are that there is very little reason to believe prices would remain at these levels. It’s more likely they will rise further. Hardship is still ahead.”

ASX shares that benefit from higher commodity prices

But food inflation isn’t all bad news for some ASX shares. In fact, the Graincorp Ltd (ASX: GNC) share price and Elders Ltd (ASX: ELD) share price are direct beneficiaries.

Fertiliser manufacturers like the Nufarm Ltd (ASX: NUF) share price and Incitec Pivot Ltd (ASX: IPL) share price should also find support.

ASX supermarkets could do well too

And if you thought that ASX supermarket shares will be under pressure from higher food costs, think again!

Assuming that they act rationally and pass on these costs to consumers, the higher price at the checkout will make their quarterly sales growth updates a pleasing read for shareholders.

In other words, all things being equal, the Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) share price, Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL) share price and Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS) share price could provide a nice hedge against any price sticker shock!

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Motley Fool contributor Brendon Lau owns shares of Elders Limited, Nufarm Limited, and Woolworths Limited. Connect with me on Twitter @brenlau.

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The Dotz Nano Ltd (ASX: DTZ) share price is slipping today after the company announced new agreements with Zohar Dalia. Shares in the information technology company are down 0.8% at the time of writing, trading at 36 cents.

The tech company operates in anti-counterfeiting, authentication and tracing. It can embed its 4 products – ValiDotz, BioDotz, Fluorensic and InSpec – into plastics, fuels and chemicals. Furthermore, the solutions have application in the oil and gas industry, bio-imaging and liquid tagging.

What’s the deal?

This morning, Dotz Nano told the market it has entered into supply and distribution agreements with Zohar Dalia. The agreements are for antiviral disinfectant with verifiable surface sanitation.

Zohar Dalia is a subsidiary of Israel’s largest manufacturer and supplier of detergent and cleaning products. The supply agreement is that Dotz Nano will supply Zohar Dalia with its nontoxic molecular markers and detectors for Zohar to create a new active surface sanitisation solution.

The distribution agreement will give Zohar the right to sell and advertise the products globally, in approved markets such as the United Kingdom, India, Europe, Australia, and Africa.

Notably, the agreements are not expected to have an immediate material impact on the company’s revenue.

Validation

Despite no material impact on revenue, the company says the deals offer good product validation and follow a successful trial within Tel Aviv Airport where 1000 litres of disinfectant were traced and verified.

Other trials were also undertaken in public areas. As such, the solution has the potential for use across a wide range of spaces including airports, hospitals, hotels and public transport.

Management comments

Dotz Nano chair and interim CEO Bernie Brookes commented on the agreements, saying:

Our supply and distribution agreements with Zohar Dalia further highlight the broad applicability of Dotz’s authentication technology, and the board believes increases our value proposition even further.

It enables us to enter a new sector in several markets with what the board believes to be a superior solution both in terms of effectiveness and the unique ability to verify proper surface sanitation.

About the Dotz Nano share price

While the agreements may not have boosted revenue in the short term, Dotz Nano says they have “significant potential based on the large addressable global market”.

The Dotz Nano share price is up 37% year-to-date and has climbed a massive 792.5% over the past 12 months.

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ClearVue Technologies Ltd (ASX: CPV) shares were rocketing today after the company announced the completion of another dual listing. By the market’s close, the ClearVue share price was trading at 90.5 cents, 13.13% higher than Friday’s closing price. Earlier in the day, the company’s shares rallied by as much as 18.75% to 95 cents before retreating to their current level. 

From today, ClearVue will be listed on the US-based OTC Market Group Inc.’s OTCQB Venture Market.

ClearVue is a building materials technology company. It works to integrate solar technology into building materials such as glass and facades.

Let’s take a look at what ClearVue announced.

ClearVue’s newest listing 

ClearVue states it has listed on the OTCQB market to allow US- and Canada-based investors more access to the company’s shares. It will also allow these investors to trade ClearVue shares during US trading hours and in US dollars.  

The OTCQB market is the middle tier of the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace. It’s mostly made up of early-stage and international companies.

An OTC marketplace means there is no broker or exchange in between a seller and a buyer.

There are thorough financial reporting and corporate governance requirements that companies listing on the OTCQB market must adhere to. ClearVue stated it satisfied all of the conditions with its previous ASX compliance.

The ASX will continue to house ClearVue’s primary listing. The company is also listed in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and the Berlin Stock Exchange.  

Commentary from management

ClearVue executive chair Victor Rosenberg commented on the company’s new listing, saying:

The Company has a large commercial focus on the key market of the US where we see significantly increased interest in potential sales enquiry activity following the new focus on infrastructure renewal, climate change and renewable solutions under the new administration in Washington.

ClearVue share price snapshot

The ClearVue share price is having a roaring time on the ASX (and its other exchanges) lately, with today’s news just its latest boost.

Currently, the ClearVue share price is up by 206% year to date. It’s also up by 579% over the last 12 months.

The company has a market capitalisation of around $123 million, with approximately 154 million shares outstanding.

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Promising young ASX tech company Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) has had a rocky start to life on the share market. After first listing on the ASX in early December, its share price soared as high as $11.855, before plunging more than 60% to a low of just $4.20. And even after a modest recovery more recently, its shares are down another 3% today and are currently trading at only $4.47.

Let’s first take a look at what Nuix does, and then investigate the reasons for the massive decline in its share price.

Company background

Nuix is a data analytics company. Its software is designed to help its clients sift through massive amounts of data – including things like social media posts and emails – to deliver insights and actionable solutions. For example, the company’s digital forensics software has been able to help police in Scotland investigate complex fraud cases. In some instances, Nuix was even able to help police cut down the investigation time from years to a matter of months.

Recent announcements

The Nuix share price really went south after the release of the company’s first-half FY21 results. Revenues declined by 4% year-on-year (to $85.3 million), while net profit after tax (NPAT) came in at $9.5 million.

It wasn’t a terrible result for a junior tech company, but it fell short of its own expectations. First half revenues only made up 44% of the company’s full year forecast, while NPAT was 48%. This result underwhelmed investors, and left Nuix with plenty of ground to make up over the second half of the year if it planned to hit its performance targets.

Then, last week, we found out that even Nuix no longer believed it could hit those targets. The company released an updated forecast for FY21, in which it downgraded its full-year revenue target from $193.5 million to between $180 million and $185 million. It also stated that it now expected annualised contract value (ACV) to be between $168 million to $177 million (well below its prospectus forecast of $199.6 million).

Nuix blamed the downgrade on customers switching from “module-based subscription licenses to consumption and Saas [software as a service] license models, resulting in a shift in both revenue and ACV profiles.” While this has had a negative impact on the company’s short-term revenues, Nuix stated that it does not “diminish Nuix’s growth prospects which remain strong, as evidenced by ongoing increases in new customer acquisition and retention.”

There may be some evidence to support this assertion, with the company adding more customers in the nine months ending 31 March 2021 than it had done over the prior comparative period. Nuix has also entered into a number of longer-term (2 to 5-year) contracts with major customers, including a top US law firm and a French financial services company.

Where next for the Nuix share price?

It’s hard to say what will happen to the Nuix share price over the short to medium-term. Unfortunately for Nuix, it has made the mistake of disappointing the market in one of its first financial announcements since listing on the ASX.

The release of the FY21 revenue downgrade – no matter the underlying cause – hasn’t done the company any favours either. It means that the second half of FY21 may well turn out to be a crucial period for the Nuix share price as the company tries to regain some investor trust.

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Talga Group Ltd (ASX: TLG) shares are on fire today. At the time of writing, the Talga share price is up a staggering 22.79% to $1.67 after closing at $1.36 last week and opening at $1.51 this morning. In earlier trade, the company’s shares rallied by almost 32% to $1.79 before retreating to their current level. 

Until today, Talga had not been having a very successful 2021. Year to date, Talga shares had fallen by more than 25% at Friday’s closing price, and even after today’s move, remain down by around 10% in 2021 so far. However, Talga is up by around 36% since 31 March. Over the past 12 months, the company has also done extremely well, up by more than almost 380%.

So what is Talga? And why is this company worth almost a quarter more today than it was on Friday?

What is this company?

Talga is an ASX materials and technology company. It hopes to be a vertically integrated player in the mining and manufacturing of battery anodes, specifically those made from graphite and graphene. Talga owns the Vittangi Project in Sweden, which is reportedly one of the world’s highest-grade graphite depositories.

The company plans to use the minerals from this project to manufacture “a high margin coated anode product known as Talnode to be sold to lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers”. Talga tells investors that it has 36 customer “engagements” for Telnode, including “six major global automotive OEMs”. 

So why is the Talga share price rocketing today?

Today’s share price move is a strange one. That’s because it has not been prompted by any fresh news or announcements out of the company today. The Fool isn’t the only one who has noticed this either. This afternoon, Talga was issued with a please explain speeding ticket by the ASX over the dramatic surge in the valuation of its shares.

In response, the company stated that it was not aware of any unannounced information that might be affecting the Talga share price today. However, it did note that “the battery materials sector, in which Talga operates, has recently seen a significant increase in positive sentiment”.

It’s also worth discussing the announcement that Talga made last week. Although this was back on Monday, it’s possible that a large investor has taken late notice.

In this announcement, Talga reported that the design of its electric vehicle anode qualification plant in Northern Sweden has been completed, and “engineering is progressing well”. Further, Talga stated that “requisite procurement work has commenced with orders placed for major equipment”. Once complete, the plant will also house a “fully equipped battery materials laboratory, including battery cell making facilities for cycle testing”.

That’s all of the news out of Talga today. As mentioned earlier, it is possible that a large or institutional investor has made a significant buy into the company. This may have caused the massive appreciation in the Talga share price. ASX data shows that, as of the time of writing, 6.1 million Talga shares have traded today. That’s significantly above the 464,500 shares that swapped hands on Friday. 

At the current share price, Talga has a market capitalisation of $488 million.

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The Empire Energy Group Ltd (ASX: EEG) share price is in negative territory in late-afternoon trade. This comes despite the company announcing an update on the acquisition of the EMG Northern Territory’s (EMG NT) Beetaloo interests.

At the time of writing, the Empire Energy share price is swapping hands for 31 cents a pop, down 3.1%.

Details of the acquisition update

According to its release, Empire Energy advised that EMG NT has delivered a notice of exercise of tag-along right to Pangaea. A tag-along right comprises of a number of clauses (co-sale rights) that aim to protect a minority shareholder. Essentially if the majority shareholder sells their stake in an asset, it allows the smaller shareholder to follow suit and sell their holdings.

Empire Energy plans to acquire an 82.5% interest in 5 oil and gas tenements in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo sub-basin. Pangaea, the majority shareholder of those interests, will receive $5 million in cash and 140 million Empire Energy shares. In addition, there will be 8 million unlisted options attached to the shares with an exercise price of 70 cents apiece.

The remaining 17.5% interest that EMG NT holds will now also be sold on the same pro-rata basis. Empire Energy will seek shareholder approval at the extraordinary general meeting to obtain the green light for the acquisition.

If approved, EMG NT will receive $1.06 million in cash along with close to 29.7 million Empire Energy shares. Furthermore, almost 1.7 million options will be available to acquire ordinary Empire shares at 70 cents each.

Should all go to plan, Empire Energy will own a 100% interest in all its Beetaloo and McArthur Basin properties.

About the Empire Energy share price

Over the last 12 months, the Empire Energy share price has gained roughly 70%, however year-to-date performance is down 14%. The company’s shares have been mostly travelling sideways since October last year.

Empire Energy presides a market capitalisation of approximately $110 million, with 363 million shares outstanding.

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The RMA Global Ltd (ASX: RMY) share price is rising today after the company released its quarterly business update outlining increases in recurring revenue. 

The RMA Global share price is currently up 3.85%, trading at 27 cents per share.

RMA Global is an Australia-based online digital marketing business. It provides data on residential property sales in particular and usually performs strongly in periods of increased housing market demand, such as the current time.

The company generates revenue from subscription services and promoter services. Geographically, it has a presence in the United States, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), but it derives most revenue from ANZ markets.

RMA Global’s quarterly business update

RMA Global advised that its recurring revenue for the third quarter of FY21 was $2.97 million, up 17% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 59% year-on-year (YoY). Cash flow also improved, with net receipts from customers in the same quarter FY21 of $3.66 million, up 19.5% QoQ and 59% YoY.

In the United States, it now has 115,000 real estate agents on its platform and 109,800 reviews. Total agents on the platform and the total number of reviews for this quarter of FY21 increased by 148% and 363%, respectively, compared to the same quarter last financial year.

RMA says its US focus is to drive agents on the platform and reviews. As of 19 April 2021, there were 115,000 agents on the US platform who have collected a total of 109,800 reviews (including imported reviews). RMA says this increase reflects a continuing strong agent uptake and engagement with the platform.

While the US focuses on increasing agents on the platform and their reviews, subscription revenues are growing, with 193% higher revenues generated in 1H FY21 compared to 2H FY20, but off a low base. RMA says its revenues are expected to increase in the second half of FY21 as the company allocates more resources to monetising the agent base.

It also announced continued growth in all products across Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) markets. In addition, RMA said that the coronavirus pandemic has had no material impact on its business to date, which could be due to record-low interest rates across the world and the increased demand on the housing market.

What RMA management says

RMA CEO Michael Davey highlighted the company’s 18% increase in ANZ markets.

We are very pleased with our growth in ANZ over the last few months, which has surpassed our expectations. In a rapidly changing environment, we are able to adapt to our customers’ needs which is reflected in our growing revenues and increasing customer engagement.

The US has also seen us accelerate the number of agents on the platform and we anticipate an exciting pipeline of activity to come in the second half of the year.

RMA Global share price snapshot

The RMA Global share price is down 10% since 2021 began. It has gained 8% over the past 12 months, but that’s significantly lower than the broader communications services sector.

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