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

On Stockhead today…

Over on the Best Coast (hard to arguw in T20 terms), Reuben Adams has January’s 5 best resources performers. And they’re a hot bunch.

Nadine McGrath has been poking through the receipts to see which ASX stocks have been caught short.

And Eddy Sunarto unpacks the next iteration of Fintech.

Over the weekend US President Joe Biden asked his guys to shoot down a Chinese balloon. Bit of a worry and certainly more blowback to come on the markets side this week.

But first, the day ahead…

TRADING HALTS

The following companies went into a trading halt on Friday, February 3.

VIP Gloves (ASX:VIP) – halt requested in connection with an announcement by VIP Gloves regarding a sale and leaseback transaction associated with the company’s major assets.

AML3D (ASX:AL3) – Capital raise.

Amani Gold (ASX:ANL) – Halt requested pending the release of an announcement regarding a potential asset disposal.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1928.30 (-0.90%)

Silver: $US23.91 (+0.02%)

Nickel (3mth): $US27,651/t (+4.40%)

Copper (3mth): $US9.342/t (+0.25%)

Oil (WTI): $US81.46 (+1.6%)

Oil (Brent): $US87.33 (+1.42%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US124.50 (+0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.7093 (-0.12%)

Bitcoin: $US23,005 (-2.53%)

WHAT’S GRABBED YOUR EYEBALLS?

• @ProspectResLtd is drilling Omaruru, Step Aside lithium projects
• @SHMining picks up rock chips grading up to 17.5% copper, 1,495g/t silver
• @Dateline_DTR gets loan to restart Gold Links mine #ASX $DTR $PSC $PLG $SUH $LYN

https://t.co/MQ18EinzFI

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) February 3, 2023

ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
SPA	Spacetalk Ltd	0.051	89%	20,395,130	$6,917,382
DTR	Dateline Resources	0.034	48%	1,787,130	$12,999,244
GLV	Global Oil & Gas	0.002	33%	1,000,992	$5,143,196
ROO	Roots Sustainable	0.002	33%	696,180	$1,558,829
YPB	YPB Group Ltd	0.004	33%	1,953,196	$1,219,638
PET	Phoslock Env Tec Ltd	0.057	33%	3,759,461	$26,848,792
ZMM	Zimi Ltd	0.06	30%	233,179	$4,097,796
SMX	Security Matters	0.19	27%	1,176,513	$25,178,187
LML	Lincoln Minerals	0.051	21%	13,623,694	$24,149,315
CHK	Cohiba Min Ltd	0.006	20%	3,300,197	$8,866,221
CPM	Cooper Metals	0.275	20%	501,725	$9,434,600
ALY	Alchemy Resource Ltd	0.019	19%	10,583,677	$18,849,220
GCX	GCX Metals Limited	0.046	18%	51,972	$7,245,369
MPR	Mpower Group Limited	0.02	18%	921,701	$4,992,956
ATU	Atrum Coal Ltd	0.007	17%	1,419,985	$8,350,195
AYT	Austin Metals Ltd	0.007	17%	366,427	$6,095,248
CPT	Cipherpoint Limited	0.007	17%	8,353,792	$5,631,083
DCX	Discovex Res Ltd	0.0035	17%	8,508,034	$9,907,704
VKA	Viking Mines Ltd	0.014	17%	9,903,730	$12,303,101
WEL	Winchester Energy	0.007	17%	279,870	$6,061,319
MRZ	Mont Royal Resources	0.22	16%	459,525	$13,011,707
ALA	Arovella Therapeutic	0.03	15%	9,101,691	$19,604,902
IS3	I Synergy Group Ltd	0.023	15%	106,886	$5,781,607
TYX	Tyranna Res Ltd	0.023	15%	4,731,841	$48,108,507
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.008	14%	2,070,153	$6,520,976

Spacetalk (ASX:SPA), which does tend to launch every now and again, has hit the upper atmosphere, up 98.89% – so we can call it 100% on news Simon Crowther ascended to the role of CEO and managing director, as interim boss Saurabh Jain moves onto the board.

SAP says Crowther’s track record at Nearmap (ASX:NMP) sealed the deal.

Lincoln Minerals (ASX:LML), is rising again after the board wrote to shareholders with an update on Quantum Graphite’s (ASX:QGL) all-scrip takeover bid.

“The Offer Price under QGL’s takeover bid remains unchanged, being 40 QGL shares for every 1 LML share,” LML said.

“As at close of trading on 30 January, the implied value of LML shares under the Offer was $0.013 per share which remains well below LML’s closing price of $0.06 per share (based on the closing prices of Lincoln and QGL shares on ASX as at 30 January 2023).”

That 30 January $0.06 per share is an impressive 750% increase since Lincoln’s reinstatement onto the ASX ten days earlier.

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
SRJ	SRJ Technologies	0.12	-20%	40,821	$13,376,288
CLE	Cyclone Metals	0.002	-20%	57,500,000	$15,441,842
WFL	Wellfully Limited	0.015	-17%	1,331,962	$7,040,668
ADY	Admiralty Resources.	0.01	-17%	2,564,975	$15,642,950
ARE	Argonaut Resources	0.0025	-17%	7,731,572	$19,085,614
BLZ	Blaze Minerals Ltd	0.01	-17%	240,909	$4,410,099
LNU	Linius Tech Limited	0.0025	-17%	764,584	$8,938,239
SGC	Sacgasco Ltd	0.011	-15%	1,655,863	$7,974,881
MYE	Metarock Group Ltd	0.145	-15%	1,280,424	$22,268,733
GCR	Golden Cross	0.006	-14%	1,345,140	$7,680,793
NIS	Nickel Search	0.12	-14%	908,556	$8,470,759
SLZ	Sultan Resources Ltd	0.065	-13%	55,000	$6,246,329
AMD	Arrow Minerals	0.0065	-13%	16,187,476	$19,003,238
PNT	Panthermetalsltd	0.165	-13%	9,952	$5,842,500
MME	Moneyme Limited	0.375	-13%	684,612	$121,796,307
DLT	Delta Drone Intl Ltd	0.007	-13%	3,058,734	$4,092,839
NAE	New Age Exploration	0.007	-13%	2,722,376	$11,487,191
PIL	Peppermint Inv Ltd	0.007	-13%	6,544,934	$16,302,855
CAZ	Cazaly Resources	0.029	-12%	1,746,797	$12,270,119
GLL	Galilee Energy Ltd	0.22	-12%	717,106	$84,634,375
PVW	PVW Res Ltd	0.11	-12%	129,135	$11,627,734
RWD	Reward Minerals Ltd	0.115	-12%	28,000	$25,389,350
TGH	Terragen	0.071	-11%	109,333	$15,521,539
FXG	Felix Gold Limited	0.08	-11%	236,802	$7,484,976