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

On Stockhead today, In the latest edition of outperform, it’s the future of funds and how to identify the big opportunities of economic turbulence.

Also, Bevis has been digging around the famed Aussie lithium moat. Just how dry is it in there?

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following stocks went into trading halts Friday and are expected out in the coming days:

Coda Minerals (ASX:COD) – Elizabeth Creek Copper-Cobalt Project scoping study is about to drop.

MoneyMe (ASX: MME) – Capital raising and finalisation of negotiations on corporate debt facility.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,936.02 (-2.15%)

Silver: $US22.36 (-64%)

Nickel (3mth): $US23,2636/t (+1.01%)

Copper (3mth): $US8518.50/t (+0.16%)

Oil (WTI): $US69.53 (+2.6%)

Oil (Brent): $US75.04 (+1.71%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US132.00/t (0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.6665 (-0.82%)

Bitcoin: $US28,017 (+0.35%)

 

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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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MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX:MXC) gained 85.7% on news that the company is set to expand its addressable market in the US after ArtemiC was listed as an over-the-counter (OTC) status on the FDA’s National Drug Code Database (NDC).

Besra Gold (ASX:BEZ), went soaring with a 55.0% leap on news that it’s inked an (up to) US$300m gold pre-purchase and offtake non-binding drawdown funding facility term sheet with major shareholder Quantum Metal Recovery.

Meanwhile, Mincor Resources (ASX:MCR) is surging on news of a takeover offer from The Wyloo Group, for the whole Mincor kit and kaboodle on market at $1.40 cash per share.

It’ closed at $1.47 per share, a rise of 41.1% for the day.

Galileo Mining (ASX:GAL), jumped on news that it’s drilled into a monster 72m intercept at the Callisto palladium-nickel discovery within GAL’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia.

The intercept: 72m @ 1.16g/t 3E1 (0.95g/t Pd, 0.16g/t Pt, 0.05g/t Au), 0.20% Cu & 0.24% Ni from 498m, which includes a handsomely higher-grade interval of 39m @ 1.46g/t 3E (1.19g/t Pd, 0.20g/t Pt, 0.06g/t Au), 0.26% Cu & 0.28% Ni from 503m.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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