Locality Planning Energy, SportsHero and ADX Energy drew the heaviest HotCopper buzz Thursday. LPE rose 16.7% on a PowerHub acquisition adding 4,642 service points.
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Three ASX small-caps drew the heaviest buzz on HotCopper Thursday, each with a distinct catalyst.
Locality Planning Energy Holdings (ASX:LPE) rose 16.7% to 10.5¢ after it agreed to buy embedded-network operator PowerHub outright. PowerHub brings 76 sites, 4,642 service points, and a contracted pipeline that CEO Scott Taylor said should push online by September 2027. The deal adds Tasmania and South Australia to LPE's footprint.
"The acquisition of PowerHub is a strong fit for us, aligning with our strategy to expand our presence in the embedded networks market," Taylor said in the release.
SportsHero (ASX:SHO) jumped on a distribution agreement with Razer that will push more than 1,000 gaming-related digital products through the HeroPlay platform. The lineup includes top-up vouchers for Mobile Legends, Free Fire, PUBG and Razer Gold, plus e-pins for PlayStation Store, Xbox and Roblox. CEO Tom Lapping framed the deal as the next scaling phase after building the core platform and signing telco partners.
ADX Energy (ASX:ADX) rose 5.88% to 1.8¢ after saying it will resume production testing at the HOCH-1 well in Austria within two weeks. The first interval tested flowed 2.7 MMCFPD, and executive chairman Ian Tchacos said the data point to a potential rate of 3.5 MMCFPD (580 BOEPD).
The broader market moved lower. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 62 points, or 0.67%, to 9,147.40. The index is down 1.34% over five sessions and sits 1.61% below its 52-week high. Alcoa Corporation and Insurance Australia Group were the worst performers, down 6.86% and 6.01% respectively.
On the data front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults rose 3.7% year-on-year to A$2,083.70 in May 2026. That's the lowest annual increase since November 2022, according to ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick. Public-sector growth (2.3% over six months) outpaced private-sector growth (1.4%). Transport, postal and warehousing led industry gains at 4.3%.
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