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Rare earths, scandium and biotech stocks led the week’s gains, while a rights issue sent Green & Gold Minerals sharply lower. Large capital raisings, mine funding and takeover activity kept resources at the centre of investor attention.

NEXTDC is seeking A$1.1 billion from institutional investors through subordinated convertible notes, adding to its funding capacity for an increasingly capital-intensive data centre pipeline. The deal offers a low indicative coupon, but introduces future dilution risk and could create short-term share price pressure through associated hedging activity.

Artificial intelligence stocks led the week, while miners and established companies delivered a broad run of stronger profits and dividends.
Large price gaps also showed that good company news did not always produce lasting buying.

AI infrastructure deals drove the week’s biggest technology share moves, led by X2M’s 350% surge and fresh data-centre contracts for DXN. Strong company results were mixed with investor reactions, as profitable growth lifted several stocks while losses, legal issues and weak outlooks punished others.

NEXTDC has swung to a statutory profit of $82.1 million in FY26, driven by a record 202% jump in contracted utilisation and a strategic shift in lease accounting that added a $128.8 million fair value gain. The company’s $3.4 billion capital expenditure underscores its aggressive expansion, including the opening of its first international data centre in Kuala Lumpur.

Nanoveu led the week after live drone trials, while Gratifii slumped on deal changes and X2M dropped after a discounted capital raising. Across the tech board, buyers backed real revenue, cash receipts and contract wins, but punished dilution, legal noise and weak post-gap trading.

NEXTDC has increased its pro forma contracted utilisation by 73MW to 740MW as of June 30, 2026, reflecting new customer wins and a forward order book now standing at 565MW. Despite this growth, FY26 financial guidance remains steady.

Small-cap tech delivered a split screen this week. Contract wins, capital raisings and takeover steps pushed several stocks higher, while weaker sales and heavy dilution fears hit others hard. The biggest swing came from 8common, while Atomos and FirstWave led the falls for very different reasons.

NEXTDC has secured an additional A$500 million in senior debt facilities, lifting its total available senior debt to A$8.7 billion. The upsized debt package supports ongoing data centre expansion and recent contract wins, reflecting strong lender confidence.

Capital raisings, resource updates and Medicare news drove the week’s biggest share moves. The sharpest gains came from silver and tungsten juniors, while the heaviest fall came from a deeply discounted equity raising.

Big contract wins and fresh capital drove the strongest gains in local tech, led by FirstWave, Megaport and Aristocrat Leisure. Smaller speculative names were less stable, with several gap re-openings losing steam as investors sold into early excitement.

NEXTDC has successfully closed the retail segment of its fully underwritten entitlement offer, securing A$480 million at A$12.70 per share. The total raise of approximately A$1.5 billion demonstrates strong investor backing ahead of the shares commencing trade on 19 May 2026.