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

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Good morning everyone, and welcome to Yet Another Thursday, the latest in a very long line of Thursdays poised to bring you all the Thursday goodness you could possibly wish for, or handle.

After a crackerjack post-inflation data win for the ASX yesterday, I get the feeling that local investors are hoping for the Good Times to continue – but before we all start looking for the next Big Thing to plumpen our portfolios, there’s a few things you’re going to want to know.

Top of that list is a solid story about gas from Jessica Cummins, with a look into the crystal ball and a glimpse of what’s on the cards for the $2.1 billion Aussie hydrogen industry.

Meanwhile, Nadine McGrath has the good oil on zinc, the mineral most likely to be spread on your nose next summer.

Christian Edwards has a look at Amazon’s upcoming bats..t earnings call, and Guy Le Page has a very cheap gold explorer he thinks you should know about.

If you’re in a hurry, however, and just need the basics, you’ll find all the digits and details below to get your day started.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1970.90 (+0.32%)

Silver: $US24.90 (+0.84%)

Nickel (3mth): $US21,570/t (-3.92%)

Copper (3mth): $US8,604/t (-0.80%)

Oil (WTI): $US78.92 (-0.89%)

Oil (Brent): $US82.79 (-1.01%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US112.89/t (+0.15%)

AUD/USD: 0.6759 (+0.1%)

Bitcoin: $US29,481 (+0.77%)

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
R3D	R3D Resources Ltd	0.04	60%	441,200	$2,950,759
XTC	Xantippe Res Ltd	0.0015	50%	3,634,514	$11,480,100
RGS	Regeneus Ltd	0.011	38%	1,781,611	$2,451,495
ADS	Adslot Ltd.	0.004	33%	5,265,941	$9,799,851
DDT	DataDot Technology	0.004	33%	1,351,192	$3,632,858
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.004	33%	372,130	$15,906,682
PAC	Pacific Grp Ltd	10.31	32%	656,123	$402,275,125
TTT	Titomic Limited	0.0155	29%	7,584,807	$10,363,373
OJC	The Original Juice	0.105	27%	496,131	$20,301,036
AJQ	Armour Energy Ltd	0.0025	25%	64	$9,842,684
RBL	Redbubble Limited	0.59	22%	1,328,912	$134,694,308
ICG	Inca Minerals Ltd	0.04	21%	342,150	$16,005,329
MOH	Moho Resources	0.012	20%	300,000	$2,595,778
ASM	Ausstratmaterials	1.4	19%	1,580,902	$196,712,168
G50	Gold50Limited	0.225	18%	4,742,731	$10,819,170
AEI	Aeris Environmental	0.027	17%	55,185	$5,649,825
AUR	Auris Minerals Ltd	0.014	17%	1,047,428	$5,719,511
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.007	17%	1,044,582	$5,589,412
DOU	Douugh Limited	0.007	17%	278,585	$5,903,390
OPN	Oppenneg	0.007	17%	640,000	$6,700,078
YPB	YPB Group Ltd	0.0035	17%	812,000	$2,230,384
VBS	Vectus Biosystems	0.5	16%	4,607	$22,871,493
C1X	Cosmosexploration	0.43	16%	422,912	$16,455,750
PEC	Perpetual Res Ltd	0.022	16%	9,074,885	$10,364,195
CUF	Cufe Ltd	0.015	15%	125,000	$12,559,461

Standouts:

Xantippe Resources (ASX:XTC): +67% > Big gainz, but no fresh news for the WA (Southern Cross) focused precious metals explorer. The other day, though, it announced some capital raising to fund strategic growth.
AD1 Holdings (ASX:AD1): +40% > The recruitment tech and utilities-software-billing firm announced strong quarterly financial/activities results.
Melodiol Global Health (ASX:ME1): 20% > The Aussie cannabis company’s wholly owned subsidiary Mernova Medicinal has made strong progress on the EU GMP licence process to fast-track cannabis exports to Australia and Europe. And for some reason, we’re craving pizza.
BirdDog Technology (ASX:BDT) +17% > The global video tech company reports not-too-bad quarterly results, with customer cash receipts of A$7.5 million, +3.6% quarter-on-quarter (-7.5% versus pcp).
Oneview Healthcare (ASX:ONE): +15% > The healthtech software solutions outfit has just delivered a positive cash flow report. Which is nice.

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
AJQ	Armour Energy Ltd	0.002	-33%	1,411,212	$14,764,026
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.001	-33%	299,998	$16,074,312
CLE	Cyclone Metals	0.0015	-25%	4,187,327	$20,529,010
DDT	DataDot Technology	0.003	-25%	89,259	$4,843,811
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.0015	-25%	50,246	$7,472,172
TNY	Tinybeans Group Ltd	0.16	-22%	215	$15,901,037
PVE	Po Valley Energy Ltd	0.05	-21%	1,441,993	$73,014,582
ADR	Adherium Ltd	0.004	-20%	10,119,830	$24,997,042
GTG	Genetic Technologies	0.002	-20%	1,961,659	$28,854,145
SGC	Sacgasco Ltd	0.0065	-19%	34,005,636	$6,188,662
KOB	Kobaresourceslimited	0.145	-17%	43,639	$18,447,917
IMI	Infinitymining	0.125	-17%	163,133	$11,471,748
MOH	Moho Resources	0.01	-17%	1,352,553	$3,114,933
NAE	New Age Exploration	0.005	-17%	1,873,201	$8,615,393
DTZ	Dotz Nano Ltd	0.205	-16%	690,935	$114,224,541
ADO	Anteotech Ltd	0.033	-15%	7,667,949	$79,947,603
TOY	Toys R Us	0.011	-15%	311,495	$11,220,127
EPM	Eclipse Metals	0.017	-15%	2,573,565	$40,561,196
AMA	AMA Group Limited	0.1275	-15%	4,621,828	$160,960,533
FAU	First Au Ltd	0.003	-14%	7,401,666	$5,081,976
HOR	Horseshoe Metals Ltd	0.012	-14%	455,467	$9,008,701
OPN	Oppenneg	0.006	-14%	3,363,410	$7,816,757
TIG	Tigers Realm Coal	0.006	-14%	6,162,685	$91,466,917
SPL	Starpharma Holdings	0.31	-14%	1,118,808	$147,777,508
GBZ	GBM Rsources Ltd	0.02	-13%	1,145,403	$14,167,107

TRADING HALTS

Kalamazoo Resources (ASX:KZR) – Capital raising.

Austal (ASX:ASB) – Amid the aftermath of a disappointing financial result regarding specification and cost-inflation pressures related to its US operations, the Aussie shipbuilder and global defence contractor has requested an end to its trading halt.

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