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

On Stockhead today, VW isn’t making moves on Tesla just yet, a way for agtech startups that can help solve big problems to catch investor interest and Golden Rim is racing toward 2moz.

But first here’s what you need to know.

The day ahead

Today the Commonwealth Bank will be releasing household spending intentions for July. As is usual on a Tuesday we will see the weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index.

Among todays’ earnings being released are SpeedCast (ASX:SDA), QuickFee (ASX:QFE), LiveTiles (ASX:LVT) and Spirit Telecom (ASX:ST1).

You can view a full list of upcoming earnings here.

Company news

The following companies are due out of trading halts in the next 48 hours.

Due out Tuesday: 

American Pacific Borate (ASX:ABR) – project financing

Twenty Seven Co (ASX:TSC) – capital raising

Due out Wednesday:

Integral Diagnostics (ASX:IDX) – acquisition & capital raising

Freehill Mining (ASX:FHS) – capital raising

Macmahon Holdings (ASX:MAH) – Newcrest discussions update

Mali Lithium (ASX:MLL) – award of exploration permit

Strike Energy (ASX:STX) – well results

Parkway Minerals (ASX:PWN) – capital raising

Warrego Energy (ASX:WGO) – well results

Pioneer Credit (ASX:PNC) – financial adjustments

SciDev (ASX:SDV) – commercial transaction

Markets

Gold: $US1,527.21 ($2,254.29) +0.07%

Silver: $US17.63 +1.50%

Oil (Brent): $US58.96 -0.67%

Oil (WTI): $US53.82 -0.46%

Coal: $US66.90 -0.59%

Iron ore 62pc FE: $US92.88 +0.16%

AUD/USD: $US0.6774 -0.01%

Bitcoin: $US10,303.40 +2.7%

What got you talking yesterday

In our small cap Facebook chat group the biggest talking point was Tim Boreham’s dissection of SomnoMed (ASX:SOM). You are most welcome to join – you can do so by clicking here.

After a positive week last week, the markets began on a sour note. The ASX Small Ords lost 1.11 per cent while the ASX 200 lost 1.27 per cent.

These were the five most discussed stocks among ASX investors on Monday:

$9SP – 9 Spokes

$BLD – Boral

$PLS – Pilbara Minerals

$A2M – A2 Milk

$STX – Strike Energy

Here’s how our sectors performed yesterday:

Communications: +1.01%

Consumer discretionary: -1.10%

Consumer staples: -1.06%

Energy: -3.07%

Financials: -1.01%

Healthcare: -1.99%

Industrials: -0.97%

IT: -1.99%

Materials: -1.13%

Utilities: -0.91%

Yesterday’s winners

Yesterday’s losers