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

On Stockhead today, can Indian pharma stocks cure the recession blues, the lithium stocks UBS loves, and more grim property news.

But first, the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

Titomic (ASX:TTT) – Capital raise

Poseidon Nickel (ASX:POS) – Capital raise

Talon Energy (ASX:TPD) – Equity raise

Payright (ASX:PYR) – Capital raise

Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) – US clinical study results incoming

Wellfully (ASX:WFL) – Price and volume query response

WHO’S LISTING?

Source Certain International (ASX:SC1)

Listing: 30 November

IPO: $7m at $0.20

SC1 provides a scientific provenance verification service for agriculture, seafood, mining and resource sectors.

SC1 said scientific analysis of physical product samples allows clients to mitigate risk, validate digital data, protect their brand and support transparency within their supply chains.

The company’s origin verification solution can identify the mine, farm, fishery or plantation from which a product originated.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,755.57 (-0.85%)

Silver: $US21.82 (+1.74%)

Nickel (3mth): $US26,100/t (-0.73%)

Copper (3mth): $US8,023.50/t (+0.23%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 16): $US80,150/t (+0.1% weekly, +127.6% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 16): $US79,525/t (+0.1% weekly, +171.4% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US78.919 (+2.15%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.992 (+2.14%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US92.74 (+0.87%)

AUD/USD: 0.6733 (+1.24%)

Bitcoin: $US16,492 (+1.82%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Despite a tough year for the crypto market investors are still optimistic of a turnaround. Hope is high that the cryto winter may end with warmer days ahead.

Aussies have bought the dip in 2022, according to new @indepreserve crypto report. #crypto #btc Stockhead > https://t.co/cgQXlf9mxn pic.twitter.com/JHncUnFh9O

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) November 29, 2022

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YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks. 

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Microba Life Sciences (ASX:MAP)  jumped  on Tuesday following an announcement that diagnostics giant Sonic Healthcare (ASX:SHL) will invest circa $18m to acquire a 19.99% equity holding in MAP at $0.26 per share.

SHL says it is seeking to acquire options for a further 5% stake to gain a strategic toehold and voting rights in the company.

Sarama Resources (ASX:SRR) also announced it hit 21m at 7.57g/t gold from surface in a recent drilling program which investigated five key target areas in a section of the MM prospect within the Tankoro deposit in West Africa.

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks. 

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