Today on Stockhead, Aussies to the rescue as the EU seeks critical minerals, the majors finally get cracking on nickel, and Bottom Picker’s loving the ex div fire sales.

 

But first the day ahead…

TRADING HALTS

These companies went into trading halts on Friday:

Australian Potash Limited (ASX:APC) – Halted ahead of an update to the market in relation to the Lake Wells sulphate of potash project.
 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: US$1,913.52 (-0.08%)

Silver: US$22.68 (+0.01%)

Nickel (3mth): US$20,400/t (-0.75%)

Copper (3mth): US$8348.50/t (-0.58%)

Oil (WTI): US$83.19  (+45%)

Oil (Brent): US$86.72 (+37%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$103.50/t (-0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.6494  (-0.29%)

Bitcoin: US$29,376 (-0.13%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING

Oh Canada. But not by Missy Higgins.

 

FRIDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks from Friday’s close:

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Rubix Resources (ASX:RB6), added more than 28% on Friday after their Canadian neighbours Allkem (ASX:AKE), hit lithium paydirt in James Bay.

Allkem struck a whopping 173% increase in its James Bay mineral resource, which now stands proud at 110.2Mt @ 1.30% Li2O, including 54.3Mt @ 1/30% Li2O in the indicated category and 55.9Mt @ 1.29% Li2O in the inferred category.

Lumos Diagnostics (ASX:LDX) rose 25% after an injection of $705,193 related to its Research and Development Tax Incentive for the FY2022 financial year.

It’s not a patch on the company’s mega-leap late last month that saw it move from $0.011 to $0.155 in a single session, but it’s a large enough bump to push the LDX trading price through a 47% increase for the week.

Sunstone Metals (ASX:STM) also gained 17%.

 

FRIDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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