On Stockhead today, Guy Le Page’s climate change special hot stock to watch, why the lithium profits will keep coming, and Whelan’s long agri-dips.

But first, the day ahead.

Local shares are set to open lower today. At 8am AEST, the ASX 200 September futures contract is pointing down by 0.85%.

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the next few days:

MONEYME (ASX:MME) – MONEYME is, as its name implies, starting a capital raise.

Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) – Dicker’s looking to engorge its bottom line, with a capital raise.

Bod Australia (ASX:BOD) – Bod is getting into a capital raise, possibly expanding the business into a Dad Bod.

Alicanto Minerals (ASX:AQI) – And please give Alicanto a warm welcome to the Capital Raise Club.

Nitro Software (ASX:NTO) – There’s a heads-up from Nitro that they’re expecting an invitation in the mail that could mean a change of control transaction.

Advanced Human Imaging (ASX: AHI) – News of a material acquisition. See above for the deets.

West Cobar Metals (ASX:WC1) – price query

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,724.04 (-0.79%)

Silver: $US18.43 (-1.89%)

Nickel (3mth): $US21,385/t (-1.15%)

Copper (3mth): $US7,854.50/t (-3.75%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, Aug 17): $US71,200/t (+90.2% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, Aug 17): $US71,775/t (+127.4% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US92.27(-4.89%)

Oil (Brent): $US99.27 (-0.34%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US104.92 (-0.20%)

AUD/USD: 0.6854 (-0.60%%)

Bitcoin: $US19,886 (-1.54%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

The Austin copper target identified by GreenTech Metals (ASX:GRE) has no limits yet, after the junior explorer identified a massive, highly conductive off-hole EM response in a downhole survey north of the Whundo copper mine.

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ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Advanced Human Imaging (ASX:AHI) has had its cracker run put on hold, screaming into a trading halt yesterday morning at 24 cents a share.

AHI says there’s a looming announcement vis a vis an acquisition after the ASX slapped a pricing query on its shares after they escalated quickly, more or less doubling on Monday.

Shares in the company were paused by the ASX Tuesday morning before they were halted in response to a pricing letter.

Up well over 40% is the TV production company Beyond International (ASX:BYI) which has had a cracker year off the back of growth in production fees and recoveries from joint venture productions, an increase in gross margins from the sale of previously written off programs (delivering 100% gross contribution) as well as an increase in copyright revenue.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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