TGIF Top 10 ASX Companies

The S&P/ASX200 Index firmed 0.4 percent on Friday to end off a good week with 2.6 percent improvement overall.

The Banks aided in the rise as  Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) traded 3.3 percent higher, Westpac (ASX:WBC) rose 3.1 percent, ANZ (ASX:ANZ) firmed 2.1 percent and National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) gained 1.8 percent.

Other blue chips performers such as A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) surged 8.5 percent, Telstra (ASX:TLS) soared 7.3 percent, Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) rose 5 percent,Woolworths (ASX:WOW) increased 3.8 percent, Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) advanced 2.4 percent and Transurban (ASX:TCL) firmed 0.9 percent.

Tuas Ltd (ASX:TUA)
Singapore-based telco TUA surged 37.7 percent today to top the table. This came after its was divested from TPG Corporation Ltd (ASX:TPM) with the new entity called TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPG)

Hot Chili Ltd (ASX:HCH)
Chile-focused explorer HCH rose 33.3 percent after having just completed a AUD 3.9m entitlement offer. HCH is poised to deliver what managing director Christian Easterday describes as “probably the biggest catalysts in the history of the company” over the next six months. (Source: Stockhead)

PharmAust Ltd (ASX:PAA)
Clinical-stage oncology company PAA soared 14.3 percent today. In its shareholder update last Wednesday, it was announced began working with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research to investigate the effects of MPL and monepantel sulfone (MPLS) on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 infections. (Source: The Motley Fool)

Biotron Ltd (ASX:BIT)
Biotech antiviral therapies developer BIT advanced 12.4 percent. Since February, BIT had been testing compounds against SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of COVID-119. BIT has highlighted that these compounds can reduce coronavirus levels by 90–100 per cent. The tests are progressing as quickly as possible, as updated by BIT in late-February. (Source: Kalkine Media)

Centaurus Metals Ltd (ASX:CTM)
Emerging iron ore company CTM saw its share traded 7.3 percent higher after announcing on Monday that it discovered a maiden nickel resource for its Brazil-based Jaguar project, with the majority of the resource within 200m of surface. The maiden JORC-compliant resource for Jaguar totals 48 million tonnes at 1.08% nickel for 517,500t of contained nickel. (Source Small Caps)

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