On Stockhead today, Fortescue Lithium Group has been very busy.

The US debt ceiling scenarios you need to know – including the one where the S&P500 dies by about a third –  and the few places you can hide.

There’s a big market in a modern world for diabetes drugs that also you get off the beers and shed the kegs.

Finally, Credit Suisse want you to know that once interest rates finally start falling the stock markets will follow… and that’s according to history – the former Swiss bank says – not just according to their analysis or opinion… which they probably accept also counts for not a heap at the moment.

But hey! First, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Vertex Minerals (ASX:VTX) – Capital raising

Venture Minerals (ASX:VMS) – Placement of the shortfall from Venture’s recent share purchase plan

Trek Metals (ASX:TKM) – Capital raising

Moho Resources (ASX:MOH) – Capital raising

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1972.23 (-0.19%)

Silver: $US23.650 (-0.72%)

Nickel (3mth): $US24,025/t (+2.02%)

Copper (3mth): $US9002.50/t (+0.27%)

Oil (WTI): $US72.01(-0.41%)

Oil (Brent): $US79.81 (+0.49%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US106.50/t (+3.9%)

AUD/USD: 0.6650 (-0.0%)

Bitcoin: $US26,854 (+0.01%)

 

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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

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Rubix Resources (ASX:RB6) and BMG Resources (ASX:BMG) jumped early, Rubix taking line honours on 41.7%, after entering into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the Ceiling Lithium Project in the James Bay Region of Quebec, Canada.

That’s the bit of Canada where Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) and Allkem (ASX:AKE) are hanging out for the winter, loaded for bear, but aiming for lithium.

Carbon fibre wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution (ASX:CBR) has jumped 36% on news that the company has established a new US$60 million debt program.

CBR says the loan will be put towards “new funding for further Mega-line automation and capacity expansion, general corporate and other working capital purposes of up to US$37.0 million”

 

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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