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

Today on Stockhead, Josh Chiat’s got all the big bulk buy news, including the new coking coal rally, and Eddy Sunarto chats to Weebit Nano’s CEO after his company won the ASX semiconductor race to revenue.

But first, to markets!

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: US$1,992.62 (+0.15%)

Silver: US$23.67 (+0.20%)

Nickel (3mth): US$16,435/t (-3.28%)

Copper (3mth): US$8,353.50/t (-1.13%)

Oil (WTI): US$76.125 (-1.11%)

Oil (Brent): US$80.13 (-2.23%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$129.84/t (+0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.6555 (+0.20%)

Bitcoin: US$37,250 (+1.20%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Ok, maybe.

Sodium-ion could command half the Chinese domestic #electricvehicle market by 2030, analyst @heppel_george says.

Will this tech kill the #lithium dream?

https://t.co/q4hfNf3UL2

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) November 28, 2023

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
ACP	Audalia Res Ltd	0.015	25%	666,779	$8,305,634
ARD	Argent Minerals	0.011	22%	1,555,498	$10,610,831
ASQ	Australian Silica	0.06	20%	46,570	$14,093,019
AX8	Accelerate Resources	0.058	41%	47,116,986	$19,352,090
BP8	Bph Global Ltd	0.0015	50%	1,985,393	$1,615,563
CLE	Cyclone Metals	0.0015	50%	47,424,402	$10,264,505
CT1	Constellation Tech	0.003	20%	55,499	$3,678,001
CTN	Catalina Resources	0.004	33%	2,500,000	$3,715,461
EQN	Equinoxresources	0.395	58%	1,987,302	$23,875,001
ESR	Estrella Res Ltd	0.006	20%	1,014,996	$8,795,359
ICR	Intelicare Holdings	0.028	87%	4,339,961	$3,133,731
LBT	LBT Innovations	0.007	40%	3,054,322	$5,779,502
MCP	McPherson's Ltd	0.49	26%	462,631	$56,140,165
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.0015	50%	120,000	$4,251,086
ME1	Melodiol Glb Health	0.0025	25%	82,338,563	$8,436,084
NAM	Namoi Cotton Ltd	0.475	34%	797,573	$72,810,627
NRX	Noronex Limited	0.012	20%	25,046	$3,783,018
OAR	OAR Resources Ltd	0.004	33%	126,251	$7,879,948
OAU	Ora Gold Limited	0.006	20%	151,586	$28,110,838
ODY	Odyssey Gold Ltd	0.028	33%	363,971	$16,076,294
OKJ	Oakajee Corp Ltd	0.023	21%	9,766	$1,737,475
PLT	Plenti Group Limited	0.53	56%	1,802,767	$58,534,455
RGL	Riversgold	0.0175	25%	29,420,869	$13,317,660
TSO	Tesoro Gold Ltd	0.025	32%	2,932,118	$21,868,817
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.0015	50%	1,578,027	$10,716,208

Romping it in on Tuesday: InteliCare (ASX:ICR), after securing a rather terrific non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bolton Clarke – hopefully a staging ground for a full-on Strategic Partnership.

ICR is a medtech of sorts, with a fair bit of SaaS and other stuff thrown in. It’s been developing predictive analytics hardware and software for use in the aged care sector.

In this case its MOU partner also happens to be Australia’s largest independent not-for-profit aged care provider, with ICR saying its platform will find a home somewhere across Bolton Clarke’s various sites and services.

What amounts to a pilot project will assess how ICR gels within the Bolton Clarke operating environment and help ICR assess and identify areas of possible enhancement.

The non-bank lender Plenti Group (ASX:PLT) dropped some decent results for the first half of its 2024 (six months to September 30), but it’s entirely possible investors have come for the PLT’s results, but stayed for its shiny new partnership with National Australia Bank, one which actually involves money and integration into the bank’s embrace.

PLT says, the tie-in involves… “initially launching a ‘NAB powered by Plenti’ car and electric vehicle (EV) loan and then making Plenti renewable energy finance available to NAB customers.”

There’s also an equity investment deal – allowing NAB to ‘acquire up to 15% of Plenti’s share capital’ through placements and market purchases and such.

That, in fintech parlance, is commitment.

Imugene (ASX:IMU) – everyone’s fav ‘clinical stage immuno-oncology’ stock – was higher after announcing that its ‘MAST (Metastatic Advanced Solid Tumours) clinical program evaluating the safety and efficacy of novel cancer-killing virus CF33-hNIS (VAXINIA)’, has been given the sought-after “Fast Track Designation (FTD)” from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The FDA’s FTD for IMU’s Bile Duct Cancer CF33-hNIS (VAXINIA) MAST clinical program is of course great news for the company, according to Imugene CEO and MD Ms Leslie Chong.

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the day’s worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
ADR	Adherium Ltd	0.0025	-17%	40,000,000	$15,004,781
ADS	Adslot Ltd.	0.003	-25%	1,355,217	$12,897,982
AHX	Apiam Animal Health	0.275	-15%	117,520	$58,501,770
AUE	Aurumresources	0.18	-14%	30,000	$7,665,000
BIM	Bindimetalslimited	0.16	-16%	65,000	$5,496,225
CC9	Chariot Corporation	0.69	-19%	3,220,651	$62,331,833
CTE	Cryosite Limited	0.55	-15%	20,000	$31,482,168
DGH	Desane Group Hldings	0.82	-14%	38,162	$38,864,491
EOF	Ecofibre Limited	0.105	-19%	99,162	$49,166,940
GIB	Gibb River Diamonds	0.031	-21%	65,028	$8,248,868
IEC	Intra Energy Corp	0.004	-20%	130,952	$8,303,908
KNB	Koonenberrygold	0.032	-16%	351,983	$4,550,465
LML	Lincoln Minerals	0.006	-14%	8,153,333	$11,856,917
LNR	Lanthanein Resources	0.006	-14%	368,307	$7,851,029
NFL	Norfolkmetalslimited	0.34	-17%	2,533,083	$12,433,248
NNG	Nexion Group	0.013	-19%	493,222	$3,236,926
NZS	New Zealand Coastal	0.0015	-25%	284,657	$3,334,020
POD	Podium Minerals	0.041	-25%	1,677,462	$20,038,513
PPY	Papyrus Australia	0.019	-14%	50,000	$10,839,237
PVT	Pivotal Metals Ltd	0.017	-15%	1,318,577	$10,957,366
REE	Rarex Limited	0.028	-15%	3,296,462	$22,551,757
TMR	Tempus Resources Ltd	0.006	-14%	3,885,596	$2,400,460
TSL	Titanium Sands Ltd	0.013	-19%	1,204,382	$28,348,875
WEL	Winchester Energy	0.002	-33%	532,835	$3,061,266
XST	Xstate Resources	0.011	-15%	129,146	$4,179,749

TRADING HALTS

IPD Group (ASX:IPG) – Pending an announcement in relation to a proposed capital raising comprising an institutional placement and pro rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer

Provaris Energy (ASX:PV1) – Pending an announcement regarding a capital raising

LCL Resources (ASX:LCL) – Pending an announcement regarding a capital raising

88 Energy (ASX:88E) – Pending an announcement regarding a capital raising

Cooper Metals (ASX:CPM) – Pending an announcement regarding material exploration results

Euro Manganese (ASX:EMN) – Pending an announcement to the market in relation to a financing transaction, for which the documents are just being signed