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

On Stockhead today, we check out K2K’s plans to disrupt the $US8bn adrenaline motorsports market, some mining contractor stock picks from Spheria Asset Management’s Oliver Coulon, and Wildcatter chats to ADX Energy (ASX:ADX) executive chairman Ian Tchacos about the oddity that is Italy’s offshore moratorium.

But first…

The day ahead

To round out the week, key data in Australia will be led by the release of CoreLogic’s monthly home price index for October.

Then looking abroad, all eyes will be on the US jobs numbers for October. The median forecast is for the US economy to add 90,000 jobs in the month, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.6 per cent while annual wage growth — a key input in the outlook for inflation — is forecast to tick higher to three per cent.

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

Friday:

Tymlex Group (ASX:TYM) – capital raising
NTM Gold (ASX:NTM) – capital raising
Strike Energy (ASX:STX) – capital raising

Monday:

MSL Solutions (ASX:MPW) – capital raising
Minotaur Exploration (ASX:MEP) – capital raising
Hydrix (ASX:HYD) – capital raising
Tubi (ASX:2BE) – revised forecast
VRX Silica (ASX:VRX) – capital raising
Pacific American Holdings (ASX:PAK) – capital raising
Phylogica (ASX:PYC) – capital raising
Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: US$1,495.76 (+0.48%)

Silver: $17.84 (+0.18%)

Oil (WTI): $55.02 (-0.55%)

Oil (Brent): $60.22 (-0.93%)

Coal: $70.57 (+4.24%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $86.64 (-1.7%)

AUD/USD: 0.6899 (+0.50%)

Bitcoin: $9,200.95 (-2.65%)

What got you talking yesterday

Readers took an interest in yesterday’s lead story for the morning, where Stockhead’s Nick Sundich got the expert view on the growing prevalence of commission-free trading platforms in the local market.

These were the 10 most tipped stocks (weekly) on Stocks in Play:

Yesterday’s winners

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Yesterday’s losers

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