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

On Stockhead today, how to spot high quality gold stocks, more inflation-busters from the experts, and what surprises are on the economic calendar this week?

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the coming days.

Future Metals NL (ASX:FME) – Mineral resource estimate announcement

Elixir Energy Limited (ASX:EXR) – Signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding

Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) – Significant funding facility in relation to the acquisition of the Burton Lenton Project

Mayur Resources (ASX:MRL) – Proposed transaction relating to its Mayur Renewables business.

Indiana Resources (ASX:IDA) –  capital raise

Orion Minerals (ASX:ORN) – capital raising

Medibio (ASX:MEB) – capital raising

Tombola Gold (ASX:TBA) – potential material acquisition

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1839.35 (-0.93%)

Silver: $US21.65 (-1.25%)

Nickel (3mth): $US25,400/t (0.00%)

Copper (3mth): $US9,097/t (0.00%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 17): $US69,750/t (0.4% weekly)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 17): $US70,875/t (0.0% weekly)

Oil (WTI): $US109.56 (-6.83%)

Oil (Brent): $US113.12 (-5.58%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US125 (-4.94%)

AUD/USD: 0.69333 (-1.58%)

Bitcoin: $US18,910 (-0.79%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING OVER THE WEEKEND?

 

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LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for June 14 – June 17:

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Explorer Greentech Metals (ASX:GRE) has a bunch of new drill hits to ponder – like 32m @ 2.43% copper – which increases the potential for a far bigger resource at the 3.6Mt ‘Whundo’ copper-zinc project in the Pilbara region of WA.

Global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer supercharged its original takeover offer for 100% of  little smartphone-based respiratory diagnostic maker  ResApp Health (ASX:RAP) by as much as $78m, with the proviso that RAP can reproduce the promise of its COVID-19 screening cough results.

And infant formula stock  Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) announced a material upgrade to the company’s FY22 revenue and earnings expectations.

Following recent contract wins in the US, the company now expects FY22 gross revenue to exceed $100m, and to achieve at least 100% increase on 1H22 underlying EBITDA of $1.2m.

 

LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for June 14 – June 17:

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Humm (ASX:HUM)Booktopia (ASX:BKG) and Sezzle (ASX:SZL) all fell by about a full third this week. That last one’s going to feel pretty galling to Zip (ASX:Z1P), who’s paid about half a billion dollarbucks for that fizzler.