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

On Stockhead today, we recap ASX small cap M&A activity in 2019, the plants that can find minerals in mining waste and our latest Explorers podcast with lithium miner ioneer (ASX: INR).

But first:

The day ahead

Today, we’ll see the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Leading Index. While the main conclusion is the direction of the Aussie dollar, its indicators are a broad picture of the economy. Investors are also anticipating Thursday’s release of our unemployment rate.

Also, today we will see BHP (ASX: BHP) release its quarterly. Although it is a large cap some of its statements about what commodities and projects are working and what are not might raise a few eyebrows in the small cap space, especially those with neighbouring. Also releasing results is graphite explorer Syrah Resources (ASX: SYR).

Company news

The following companies are scheduled to come out of a trading halt or voluntary suspension over the next 48 hours:

Wednesday:

Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX) – capital raising

CCP Technologies (ASX: CT1) – capital raising

4DS Memory (ASX: 4DS) – capital raising

Xtek (ASX: XTE) – capital raising

Santana Minerals (ASX: SMI) – acquisition

Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) – project update

Spectrum Metals (ASX: SPX) – exploration results & ASX query response

Thursday:

De Grey Mining (ASX: DEG) – capital raise

Metgasco (ASX: MEL) – cost overruns reveal

High Grade Metals (ASX: HGM) – acquisition

Marquee Resources (ASX: MQR) – acquisition

De.Mem (ASX: DEM) – response to ASX query

Markets

Gold: $US1,406.12 ($2,005.16) -0.32%

Silver: $US15.56 +0.05%

Oil (Brent): $US64.38 +0.06%

Oil (WTI): $US57.24 +0.24%

Coal: $US74.12 -0.71%

Iron ore 62pc fe: $US121.00 +0.83%

AUD/USD: $US0.7013

What got you talking yesterday

Yesterday in our Small Cap Chat Group we welcomed our newest members. The story that had our readers most interested was about Whitebark Energy (ASX: WBE) jumping 25 per cent after Western Australia lifted its ban on fracking.

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These were the five most-discussed stocks on trading gossip forum HotCopper at close on Tuesday, July 16:

Close Top 5 #MostDiscussedStocks: $GXY $BIT $ANW $NVA $PNV #asx #ausbiz https://t.co/xOFzWmkzay

— HotCopper (@HotCopper) July 16, 2019

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That’s all you need to know. Happy Hump Day.