Why Core Lithium, Lotus Resources, Nickel Industries, and Regal Partners shares are rising today

In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record another sizeable decline. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is down 1.55% to 7,766.9 points.

Four ASX shares that are not letting that hold them back are listed below….