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

On Stockhead today, Guy on Rocks eyes palladium’s record run, a Q+A with Aussie Broadband’s MD and the Aussie coin taking a punt on gambling.

But first… the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit over the next two trading days:

Today

Merchant House (ASX:MHI) – clarification of announcement
K2fly (ASX:K2F) – capital raising
Kazia Therapeutics (ASX:KZA) – in-licensing transaction

Wednesday

Perpetual Resources (ASX:PEC) – metallurgical results
AssetOwl (ASX:AO1) – capital raising
Emyria (ASX:EMD) – capital raising
Greenland Minerals (ASX:GGG) – Greenland government update
Impact Minerals (ASX:IPT) – capital raising
Elixir Energy (ASX:EXR) – fundraising
Antipa Minerals (ASX:AZY) – capital raising
White Rock Minerals (ASX:WRM) – capital raising
Seven (ASX:SVW) – capital raising

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,771.28 ($2,283.18) (-0.28%)

Silver: $US25.81 ($33.27) (-0.56%)

Oil (WTI): $US63.49 (+0.57%)

Oil (Brent): $US67.14 (+0.58%)

Coal: $US92.35 (+1.37%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US174.72 (-0.10%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7752 (+0.40%)

Bitcoin: $US56,309.94 (-.08%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

A bad day for crypto…

One million #cryptocurrency traders were #rekt and A$13b positions liquidated in a #crypto flash crash on Sunday.
https://t.co/KeEcGiUerr
by @derekmartinrose feat tweets by @btc_archive @TradingTank @Fxhedgers @adamscochran @woonomic @LayahHeilpern #bitcoin #dogecoin #ethereum pic.twitter.com/wQIvj3ioqV

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) April 19, 2021

…was a good day for Aussie explorers Rumble Resources and Zenith Minerals.

• Rumble $RTR and Zenith $ZNC surge on new zinc-lead discovery
• Province $PRL inks deals to build 8GW green hydrogen project
• Cassius $CMD (gold, limestone) and Kincora $KCC (copper, gold) up on no news #ASX
https://t.co/pYs5SBGgLy

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) April 19, 2021

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YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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Rumble Resources (ASX:RTR) jumped out of the gates and closed highest among small caps with an intra-day gain of 94 per cent.

The near double-up in RTR shares followed news of a major zinc-lead discovery at the Earaheedy project in WA, in which Rumble holds 75pc as part of a joint venture with Zenith Minerals (ASX:ZNC).

Zenith closed 46pc higher, after the two companies completed a perfect score — 26 of 26 drill holes with visual zinc-lead mineralisation. Reuben Adams has more here.

Province Resources (ASX:PRL), which is up by around 1,800pc so far this year, was also among a spate of resources winners with market-moving announcements after signing an MOU with French power producer Total Eren to build an 8GW green hydrogen project in WA.

YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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