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

Good morning everyone, and welcome to 4 July June, 2024 – an important day in the history of the world for a few wild reasons.

On this day in 993, Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was canonised, leaving bits of him scattered over a very wide area.

On this day in 1672, the states of Holland caused confusion by calling an end to the “Eternal Edicts”.

And on this day in 1776, the Liberty Bell rang to usher in the Second Continental Congress, and the United States declares independence from Britain… and we’re still paying for that to this day.

Luckily for you, you don’t need fight your way out from the yoke of colonial oppression in order to get your hands on the info you need today.

Nadine McGrath has written a great yarn about the ASX stocks that are driving decarbonisation, and – as always – I’ve thrown together lots of fiddly little things below, so you don’t need to go ferreting all over the internet for your ASX info this morning.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: US$2,350.35 (+0.72%)

Silver: US$30.23 (+1.94%)

Nickel (3mth): US$17,245.50/t (+1.37%)

Copper (3mth): US$9,787.50/t (+1.15%)

Zinc: US$2,947.00/t (+0.91%)

Oil (WTI): US$83.30 (+0.01%)

Oil (Brent): US$86.75 (+0.01%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$110.32/t (+2.15%)

AUD/USD: 0.6677 (+0.13%)

Bitcoin: US$60,898.50 (-1.84%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING

Health stocks had everybody chatting yesterday – here’s why.

The #ASX #HealthCare index saw a 4% increase in June and the best #biotechs were @ActinogenMed, @Optiscan_ and @EZZLifeScience. | $ACW $OIL $EZZ $COV https://t.co/iIb0wFcRjh

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) July 2, 2024

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
VML	Vital Metals Limited	0.004	100.00	19,912,213	$11,790,134
WTM	Waratah Minerals Ltd	0.245	96.00	9,898,784	$22,420,562
MMM	Marley Spoon Se	0.038	90.00	559,351	$2,354,488
LSR	Lodestar Minerals	0.0015	50.00	5,402,017	$2,023,397
MTL	Mantle Minerals Ltd	0.003	50.00	87,273	$12,394,892
NES	Nelson Resources.	0.003	50.00	300,084	$1,227,189
TD1	Tali Digital Limited	0.0015	50.00	180,000	$3,295,156
TX3	Trinex Minerals Ltd	0.003	50.00	1,049,743	$3,657,305
AI1	Adisyn Ltd	0.03	42.86	2,385,207	$3,887,772
AL3	Aml3D	0.135	37.76	19,745,034	$36,955,705
LNU	Linius Tech Limited	0.002	33.33	2,225,000	$8,320,111
ODE	Odessa Minerals Ltd	0.004	33.33	960,003	$3,129,848
RDS	Redstone Resources	0.004	33.33	1,000,000	$3,238,825
TMX	Terrain Minerals	0.004	33.33	129,300	$4,295,012
TTI	Traffic Technologies	0.004	33.33	166,183	$2,918,656
VPR	Voltgroupltd	0.002	33.33	950,000	$16,074,312
YAR	Yari Minerals Ltd	0.004	33.33	100,123	$1,447,073
FCT	Firstwave Cloud Tech	0.017	30.77	795,495	$22,230,252
PFE	Panteraminerals	0.039	30.00	2,440,680	$10,864,245
TG6	Tgmetalslimited	0.225	22%	203,346	$13,154,895
CL8	Carly Holdings Ltd	0.017	21%	323,123	$3,757,185
TSO	Tesoro Gold Ltd	0.034	21%	3,081,191	$34,428,260
BEO	Beonic Ltd	0.029	21%	209,228	$11,716,060
AHK	Ark Mines Limited	0.18	20%	649,521	$8,316,962

Yesterday’s Small Cap Winners included:

Waratah Minerals (ASX:WTM) was out in front on Wednesday morning, thanks to a fresh set of results from a further six drill holes from the on-going RC drill program at the company’s Spur gold-copper project, with the highlight result coming in at 89m at 1.73g/t Au, 0.08% Cu from 115m inc. 57m at 2.50g/t Au, 0.11% Cu from 115m.

Melodiol Global Health (ASX:ME1) was up earlier on Wednesday after issuing a trading update, showing that Q2 2024 unaudited revenues have come in at a total of $4.8 million, which represents a 9% increase on Q1 2024 revenue of $4.4 million. The uptick brings the company’s H1 2024 unaudited revenues to $9.2 million, a 31% increase on H1 2023 of $7.0 million.

The Calmer Co (ASX:CCO) has also issued some updated sales results, showing that its eCommerce sales have increased by $2,500, to over $18,500 per day in June, showing month on month growth over the full financial year of FY24.

The company says that sales via eCommerce channels grew at an average of 17% monthly over the full FY24 year, with an aggregate annual growth rate of 540%

And Prodigy Gold (ASX:PRX) has released an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for its Tregony gold deposit, which now sits at 0.46Mt at 1.6g/t Au for 23,000oz indicated, 1.10Mt at 1.2g/t Au for 41,000oz inferred for a total MRE of 1.56Mt at 1.3g/t Au for 64,000oz.

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
FMR	FMR Resources Ltd	20.5	-48.75	704,014	$7,965,129
IS3	I Synergy Group Ltd	0.5	-37.50	11,177,945	$2,832,643
HCD	Hydrocarbon Dynamic	0.2	-33.33	3,390,824	$2,425,747
HLX	Helix Resources	0.2	-33.33	21,923,867	$9,792,581
TKL	Traka Resources	0.1	-33.33	30,000	$2,625,988
APL	Associate Global	10	-25.93	84,010	$7,626,478
ICG	Inca Minerals Ltd	0.6	-25.00	4,191,699	$6,437,911
MKL	Mighty Kingdom Ltd	0.3	-25.00	339,000	$12,863,772
RLC	Reedy Lagoon Corp.	0.3	-25.00	32,779	$2,478,163
SFG	Seafarms Group Ltd	0.3	-25.00	644,828	$19,346,397
TMK	TMK Energy Limited	0.3	-25.00	10,208,978	$27,686,448
WML	Woomera Mining Ltd	0.3	-25.00	900,000	$4,872,556
NPM	Newpeak Metals	1.8	-25.00	234,910	$2,966,842
OVT	Ovanti Limited	1.2	-20.00	4,021,377	$17,037,382
AEV	Avenira Limited	0.4	-20.00	4,395,000	$11,745,170
BYH	Bryah Resources Ltd	0.4	-20.00	3,847,301	$2,177,268
HOR	Horseshoe Metals Ltd	0.8	-20.00	2,388,906	$6,495,787
CHN	Chalice Mining Ltd	122	-19.47	23,389,094	$589,279,406
CL8	Carly Holdings Ltd	1.4	-17.65	134,292	$4,562,297
SBR	Sabre Resources	1.4	-17.65	314,032	$6,362,453