Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens

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On Stockhead today, Moderna reckons it’s got a cracking vaccine for skin cancer; we’re a little lithium, a little crypto, a lot of NFTs and a bunch of upcoming IPO’s (the first of ’23!) and of course we’re ALL Part the Second of…
Tim Boreham’s
20 ASX stocks that are primed to run in 2023
But first, the day ahead…
TRADING HALTS
These have halted. It’s odd. I’m sure someone will start halting again today.
COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES
Gold: $US1,854.51 (+0.81%)
Silver: $US23.97 (+0.02%)
Nickel (3mth): $US21,900/t (+1.48%)
Copper (3mth): $US7,850/t (+2.98%)
Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 28): $US82,075/t (+114.4% year-to-date)
Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 28): $US80,650/t (+164.4% year-to-date)
Oil (WTI): $US73.75 (-4.03%)
Oil (Brent): $US78.72 (-4.12%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US117.00 (-0.43%)
AUD/USD: 0.6737 (+1.79%)
Bitcoin: $US16,912 (+1.52%)
Meanwhile…
Reuben Adams: Not the only desperado going long gold…

Also …
Rob Badman: The future will be non-fungible…

For all you crypto lovers Stockhead’s Coinhead Facebook group is the place to share your views, insights, tips and ideas.
Also, be sure to check in preopen each day for ‘Market highlights and 5 ASX small caps to watch’, and 10.30am for our daily ‘10 at 10’ column — a live summary of winners & losers at the opening bell.
ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap | |
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CLE | Cyclone Metals | 0.0025 | 67% | 85,476,643 | $9,175,105 |
T3D | 333D Limited | 0.0015 | 50% | 1,325,220 | $3,189,317 |
GRV | Greenvale Energy Ltd | 0.155 | 35% | 1,338,868 | $48,498,054 |
VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.002 | 33% | 382,500 | $16,074,312 |
SBR | Sabre Resources | 0.042 | 31% | 1,138,893 | $9,327,558 |
PHO | Phosco Ltd | 0.105 | 24% | 684,849 | $23,325,135 |
EMT | Emetals Limited | 0.012 | 20% | 2,431,950 | $8,500,000 |
IS3 | I Synergy Group Ltd | 0.024 | 20% | 136,981 | $5,781,607 |
LRS | Latin Resources Ltd | 0.115 | 19% | 10,994,102 | $202,267,508 |
4DS | 4Ds Memory Limited | 0.039 | 18% | 10,742,488 | $48,832,260 |
WIN | Widgie Nickel | 0.36 | 18% | 392,159 | $76,558,913 |
HYT | Hyterra Ltd | 0.02 | 18% | 1,175,788 | $8,187,178 |
ECS | ECS Botanics Holding | 0.0245 | 17% | 28,794,819 | $23,241,344 |
GCR | Golden Cross | 0.007 | 17% | 385,871 | $6,583,537 |
NZS | New Zealand Coastal | 0.0035 | 17% | 39,585 | $3,381,015 |
CMG | Criticalmineralgrp | 0.185 | 16% | 5,000 | $4,885,692 |
AUR | Auris Minerals Ltd | 0.015 | 15% | 845,750 | $6,196,137 |
AVE | Avecho Biotech Ltd | 0.015 | 15% | 481,450 | $23,892,301 |
ARN | Aldoro Resources | 0.19 | 15% | 219,470 | $18,630,532 |
EXL | Elixinol Wellness | 0.023 | 15% | 458,830 | $6,325,311 |
M24 | Mamba Exploration | 0.155 | 15% | 187,023 | $5,693,625 |
AL8 | Alderan Resource Ltd | 0.008 | 14% | 1,775,063 | $4,047,863 |
M8S | M8 Sustainable | 0.008 | 14% | 1,240,000 | $3,436,359 |
RDS | Redstone Resources | 0.008 | 14% | 652,500 | $5,157,827 |
SIX | Sprintex Ltd | 0.04 | 14% | 140,000 | $8,902,401 |
We got a note from the notaries yesterday that Greenvale Mining (ASX:GRV) – which jumped about 35% – that the dust begins and the settling is beginning to settle from its complicated 80% acquisition of Knox Resources from GRV by Astro Resources (ASX:ARO).
Smokey ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS), was up near 20% after announcing a deal to supply Ilios Santė GmbH with circa $10 mn of GMP manufactured medicinal cannabis products over 3 years.
There was also a huge spike in volume behind embattled memory tech company 4DS Memory (ASX:4DS), which surged 21%.
ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS
Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap | |
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PO3 | Purifloh Ltd | 0.2 | -32% | 111,569 | $9,299,432 |
CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.0015 | -25% | 809,999 | $31,285,147 |
ROO | Roots Sustainable | 0.0015 | -25% | 350,448 | $2,078,439 |
PLG | Pearl Gull Iron | 0.024 | -23% | 208,623 | $1,701,972 |
DME | Dome Gold Mines Ltd | 0.18 | -22% | 30,316 | $81,089,751 |
MTL | Mantle Minerals Ltd | 0.002 | -20% | 1,500,000 | $13,364,013 |
LV1 | Live Verdure Ltd | 0.18 | -18% | 67,885 | $16,226,992 |
NSB | Neuroscientific | 0.1 | -17% | 980,506 | $17,216,597 |
SMX | Security Matters | 0.125 | -17% | 251,752 | $25,186,730 |
CTO | Citigold Corp Ltd | 0.005 | -17% | 1,180,000 | $17,001,955 |
ADG | Adelong Gold Limited | 0.006 | -14% | 320,153 | $3,211,756 |
CXU | Cauldron Energy Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 81,429 | $6,520,976 |
KNM | Kneomedia Limited | 0.012 | -14% | 1,149,422 | $18,952,994 |
GCM | Green Critical Min | 0.019 | -14% | 15,314,867 | $21,372,530 |
RVT | Richmond Vanadium | 0.205 | -13% | 334,426 | $20,258,834 |
EVG | Evion Group NL | 0.062 | -13% | 1,494,210 | $19,819,382 |
WOO | Wooboard Tech Ltd | 0.007 | -13% | 181,005 | $1,839,639 |
TYM | Tymlez Group | 0.022 | -12% | 71,930 | $27,285,547 |
IRD | Iron Road Ltd | 0.12 | -11% | 74,252 | $108,208,076 |
AUH | Austchina Holdings | 0.008 | -11% | 5,571,012 | $18,700,953 |
AUK | Aumake Limited | 0.004 | -11% | 2,637,356 | $3,935,011 |
GPR | Geopacific Resources | 0.033 | -11% | 700,939 | $19,271,954 |
KED | Keypath Education | 0.62 | -11% | 11 | $148,438,038 |
FSI | Flagship Investments | 1.69 | -11% | 13,680 | $48,870,227 |
BLY | Boart Longyear | 1.78 | -11% | 1 | $588,881,624 |
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