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

Good morning everyone. On Stockhead today, a brief history of a long road to pyschedelic freedom, searching for 350Mt of green steel, and beautiful one day, golden the next.

But first the day ahead.
 

TRADING HALTS

These companies went into Trading Halts on Friday, and unless my spidey-sense is off, they’ll be out in the next days

Dubber Corp (ASX:DUB) – Capital raising. Good story. Emma (excellent writer) has some cracking Dubber details here.

WIA Gold (ASX:WIA) – Capital raising.

Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) – It’s waiting on an announcement regarding material exploration results at its Aileron Project in the West Arunta.

European Metals (ASX:EMH) – Pending an announcement regarding a placement to a strategic investor.

 

What got you talking?

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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.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1969.36 (-0.40%)

Silver: $US24.75 (-1.74%)

Nickel (3mth): $US21,320/t (+1.98%)

Copper (3mth): $US8457.50/t (+0.34%)

Oil (WTI): $US75.74 (+0.64%)

Oil (Brent): $US79.68 (+0.36%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US112.43/t (+0.31%)

AUD/USD: 0.6781  (+0.3%)

Bitcoin: $US29,856 (-0.37%)

 

FRIDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Friday was Perpetual Resources’ (ASX:PEC) big day out, up 40% on the back of a Brazilian lithium-focused “binding option deal” regarding exploration ground in Minas Gerais. And that’s 20km from the Grota do Cirilo spodumene mine owned by C$5bn capped Sigma Lithium Corp (TSXV: SGML).

Reubs. All over it here.

The Calmer Co (ASX:CCO), up 33%.

“The company formerly called Fiji Kava announced that a new product, Noble Focus, has been launched online,” wrote Eddy on Friday morning’s ever-essential Market Highlights.

“Noble Focus is a synergistic combination providing calm, focus and memory enhancement utilising the proprietary Noble Kava water extract. Noble Focus is targeting the US$4.6bn Nootropics market which has grown at 17% to US$4.6bn in 2023, and includes executives looking for an edge.”

Hmm. Nootropics.

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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