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…

Via Reddit

Also …

Rob Badman: The future will be non-fungible

He’s a good egg, Badders. Here with Ben Simpson from Collective Shift.  

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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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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