Rise and Shine: What you need to know before the ASX opens
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On Stockhead today, has President Trump given the uranium sector the kick it’s been waiting for, our Hot Money Monday look at this week’s most in-demand stocks, and what lessons do Deutsche Bank’s job cuts have for Australian financial firms?
But first:
Key data in Australia this week will be headlined by the June employment figures on Thursday (11:30am AEST).
The RBA — having just cut rates twice in a row to 1 per cent — has recently elevated the importance of ongoing strength in the labour market as a key pillar of economic growth.
Markets are forecasting monthly jobs growth to slow to 10,000, leaving the unemployment rate steady at 5.2 per cent.
Looking abroad, there’s a data deluge out of China today, highlighted by Q2 GDP figures with annual growth expected to come in at 6.2 per cent.
And amid a busy week of US data, US Fed chair Jerome Powell is schedule to give a speech on Tuesday night called “Aspects of Monetary Policy in the Post-Crisis Era”.
The following companies are scheduled to come out of a trading halt or voluntary suspension over the next 48 hours:
Monday:
Graphex Mining (ASX: GPX) – capital raise
Strike Resources (ASX: SRK) – maiden resource estimate
HomeStay Care (ASX: HSC) – distribution agreement
Tuesday
Black Cat Syndicate (ASX: BC8) – mineral resource update
Titanium Sands (ASX: TSL) – acquisition
Gold: $US1,415.51 ($2,016.39) +0.19%
Silver: $US15.23 +0.70%
Oil (Brent): $US66.88 +0.54%
Oil (WTI): $US60.38 +0.28%
Coal: $US75.43 (-1.31%)
Iron ore 62pc fe: $US120.00 +0.84%
AUD/USD: $US0.7019 +0.66%
Over on Stockhead’s Facebook group chat, there were plenty of interesting stories and bits of research, posted by the Stockhead team and group members alike. Here’s a summary of some of our key insights from last week.
These were the five most-discussed stocks on trading gossip forum HotCopper at close on Friday, July 12:
Close Top 5 #MostDiscussedStocks: $BIT $GXY $NEA $ECT $LTR #asx #ausbiz https://t.co/xOFzWmkzay
— HotCopper (@HotCopper) July 12, 2019
It was a good week for tech company Kyckr (ASX: KYK), which was up 95 per cent and has climbed almost 200 per cent since the start of the July.
The reg-tech company scored a commercial partnership with the Singapore division of global insurer AXA Insurance on July 3, and last week signed a two-year agreement with global data platform DemystData.
Also performing strongly was silica sands company VRX Silica (ASX:VRX), which rose more than 70 per cent.
The previous Friday, VRX announced a resource upgrade at its Arrowsmith North project in WA. It followed that up with an announcement on the “C-word” (China), booking a partnership with a major Chinese glass manufacturer for “promotion and sale of silica sand products in China”.
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for July 9-12:
Ticker | Name | Price last Friday | Price this Friday (intraday) | % Return | Market Cap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
QTG | Q TECHNOLOGY GROUP | 0.004 | 0.009 | 125 | $1,351,855.38 |
KYK | KYCKR | 0.05 | 0.089 | 94 | $14,945,524.00 |
MCX | MARINER CORP | 0.02 | 0.037 | 85 | $508,309.03 |
4CE | FORCE COMMODITIES | 0.011 | 0.02 | 82 | $9,268,095.00 |
VRX | VRX SILICA | 0.088 | 0.155 | 76 | $62,669,384.00 |
ODA | ORCODA | 0.115 | 0.18 | 57 | $18,355,686.00 |
SPB | SOUTH PACIFIC RESOURCES | 0.002 | 0.003 | 50 | $496,545.94 |
DDD | 3D RESOURCES | 0.001 | 0.0015 | 50 | $1,660,831.63 |
VPR | VOLT POWER GROUP | 0.001 | 0.0015 | 50 | $12,366,800.00 |
SRO | SHAREROOT | 0.001 | 0.0015 | 50 | $2,831,352.75 |
RFN | REFFIND | 0.004 | 0.006 | 50 | $3,093,000.00 |
M7T | MACH7 TECHNOLOGIES | 0.59 | 0.84 | 49 | $130,805,608.00 |
LIN | LINDIAN RESOURCES | 0.011 | 0.016 | 45 | $6,044,994.00 |
1ST | 1ST GROUP | 0.061 | 0.09 | 45 | $31,984,752.00 |
IXU | IXUP | 0.07 | 0.099 | 41 | $15,685,931.00 |
AOU | AUROCH MINERALS | 0.049 | 0.068 | 39 | $6,834,240.50 |
FZO | FAMILY ZONE CYBER SAFETY | 0.185 | 0.26 | 38 | $51,160,096.00 |
HOR | HORSESHOE METALS | 0.008 | 0.011 | 37 | $2,141,174.00 |
EDE | EDEN INNOVATIONS | 0.043 | 0.068 | 37 | $98,260,744.00 |
SGC | SACGASCO | 0.014 | 0.019 | 36 | $5,070,338.00 |
WLD | WELLARD | 0.029 | 0.042 | 34 | $20,718,762.00 |
ZLD | ZELDA THERAPEUTICS | 0.046 | 0.065 | 34 | $47,586,540.00 |
CCA | CHANGE FINANCIAL | 0.051 | 0.068 | 33 | $6,721,367.00 |
RMG | RMG | 0.009 | 0.008 | 33 | $8,407,978.00 |
MLS | METALS AUSTRALIA | 0.0015 | 0.002 | 33 | $5,854,395.50 |
DRE | DREADNOUGHT RESOURCES | 0.003 | 0.004 | 33 | $5,304,691.50 |
VAR | VARISCAN MINES | 0.0015 | 0.002 | 33 | $2,542,147.25 |
AAJ | ARUMA RESOURCES | 0.003 | 0.003 | 33 | $2,629,655.50 |
Things got a bit strange at sunscreen maker Advance Nanotek (ASX: ANO), which has been one of the best performers on the ASX this year.
The company’s stock price slumped so sharply it got a “please explain” from the ASX, but it couldn’t say what was causing it — other than the trades in question were being carried out at a low volume relative to the total shares on issue.
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for July 9 -12:
Ticker | Name | Price last Friday | Price this Friday (intraday) | % Return | Market Cap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANO | ADVANCE NANOTEK | 6.27 | 4.82 | -21 | $291,066,048.00 |
RDS | REDSTONE RESOURCES | 0.014 | 0.011 | -21 | $5,213,607.50 |
UUV | UUV AQUABOTIX | 0.009 | 0.007 | -22 | $2,274,563.25 |
QEM | QEM | 0.135 | 0.104 | -22 | $10,500,000.00 |
THD | THRED | 0.002 | 0.0015 | -25 | $2,684,086.25 |
AVE | AVECHO BIOTECHNOLOGY | 0.004 | 0.003 | -25 | $4,732,372.50 |
DHR | DARK HORSE RESOURCES | 0.004 | 0.003 | -25 | $6,073,864.50 |
ICG | INCA MINERALS | 0.004 | 0.003 | -25 | $9,256,801.00 |
BNL | BIG STAR ENERGY | 0.008 | 0.006 | -25 | $2,381,250.00 |
LMG | LATROBE MAGNESIUM | 0.008 | 0.006 | -25 | $7,779,018.50 |
AUL | AUSTAR GOLD | 0.004 | 0.003 | -25 | $10,170,931.00 |
VIC | VICTORY MINES | 0.002 | 0.0015 | -25 | $2,044,848.25 |
FTT | FACTOR THERAPEUTICS | 0.0045 | 0.003 | -33 | $3,128,507.00 |
FRX | FLEXIROAM | 0.018 | 0.015 | -33 | $2,905,001.50 |
XST | XSTATE RESOURCES | 0.003 | 0.002 | -33 | $2,280,981.75 |
AJC | ACACIA COAL | 0.0015 | 0.001 | -33 | $4,067,651.75 |
PKO | PEAKO | 0.024 | 0.016 | -33 | $1,231,656.75 |
TMX | TERRAIN MINERALS | 0.003 | 0.003 | -33 | $1,287,464.00 |
GLV | GLOBAL VANADIUM | 0.0015 | 0.001 | -33 | $2,829,480.00 |
CAD | CAENEUS MINERALS | 0.0015 | 0.0015 | -33 | $2,141,260.25 |
TPD | TALON PETROLEUM | 0.003 | 0.002 | -33 | $3,553,579.00 |
MEB | MEDIBIO | 0.019 | 0.012 | -36 | $2,985,618.00 |
AON | APOLLO MINERALS | 0.062 | 0.038 | -41 | $6,052,902.50 |
BRV | BIG RIVER GOLD | 0.02 | 0.009 | -50 | $10,281,180.00 |
MZN | MARINDI METALS | 0.002 | 0.001 | -50 | $2,132,371.00 |
SHK | STONE RESOURCES AUSTRALIA | 0.002 | 0.001 | -50 | $811,646.13 |
ECT | ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES | 0.013 | 0.006 | -53 | $28,803,098.00 |
KGD | KULA GOLD | 0.043 | 0.01 | -76 | $587,945.81 |