In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to end the week on a positive note. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is up 1.1% to 8,688.6 points.
Four ASX shares that are rising more than most today are listed below. Here's why they are climbing:
4DMedical Ltd (ASX: 4DX)
The 4DMedical share price is up 10% to $2.25. Investors have been buying this medical technology company's shares after it secured a cash injection of $30.2 million through the underwriting of options. 4DMedical's founder-CEO, Andreas Fouras, said: "2025 has been an outstanding year for 4DMedical and our shareholders. We are moving at remarkable speed, and our momentum continues to build. This agreement ensures that we have more than sufficient capital to execute our plans to commercialise CT:VQ and to lead the Company through to profitability."
Dateline Resources Ltd (ASX: DTR)
The Dateline Resources share price is up 2% to 24 cents. This morning, the rare earths producer released an update on legal proceedings against Dateline's CEO, Stephen Baghdadi. The proceedings are an attempt to procure the transfer of certain rare earth elements (REE) tenements in the USA. In a preliminary hearing, no findings were made by the Court. However, it notes that "a timetable was agreed under which USC/Gladiator is required to provide further information regarding its claim, pending a further hearing on 23 December 2025. Until then, Stephen Baghdadi, on behalf of Dateline, agreed to maintain the status quo in relation to the tenements that are subject to USC/Gladiator's claims."
Deep Yellow Ltd (ASX: DYL)
The Deep Yellow share price is up 5% to $1.94. This may have been driven by a broker note out of Ord Minnett this morning. According to the note, its analysts have upgraded this uranium producer's shares to an accumulate rating from hold with a price target of $2.00. The broker made the move after increasing its earnings estimates to reflect improving commodity prices in 2026.
Newmont Corporation (ASX: NEM)
The Newmont share price is up 5% to $149.63. Investors have been buying Newmont's shares following a strong rise in the gold price overnight after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week. It isn't just Newmont that is rising today. Almost all ASX gold miners are climbing in response, which has lifted the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Gold index by a sizeable 3.5%.
