Rise and Shine: What you need to know before the ASX opens
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On Stockhead today, how the Lachlan Fold came to the fore for explorers, where Predictive Discovery’s 733 per cent one-day share price rally puts it in the record books and asking the big questions — what takes priority in a pandemic, cannabis or toilet paper?
But first…
Arguably the biggest event of today from an ASX small cap perspective is the first IPO hitting the bourse in six weeks. Rapid test diagnostic maker Atomo Diagnostics (ASX:AT1) begins trading at 11am.
In economic data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is releasing job statistics at 11.30am, including the unemployment rate. Economists expect only a slight rise this month. Also keep your eye out for the Reserve Bank’s foreign exchange transactions.
The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit in the next two trading days:
Thursday:
BrainChip (ASX:BRN) – capital raising
Cobre (ASX:CBE) – exploration results
Virgin Australia (ASX:VAH) – financial assistance
Panoramic Resources (ASX:PAN) – financial and operational update
Capitol Health (ASX:CAJ) – capital raising
Threat Protect Australia (ASX:TPS) – financing facility
Friday:
Micro-X (ASX:MX1) – capital raising
Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) – capital raising
Salt Lake Potash (ASX:SO4) – capital raising
Gold: $US1,716.68 ($2,716.99) (-0.51%)
Silver: $US15.46 (-1.37%)
Oil (WTI): $US20.13 (+0.10%)
Oil (Brent): $US27.99 (-5.44%)
Coal: $US58.92 (-1.17%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US84.25 (+0.49%)
AUD/USD: $US0.6318 (-1.92%)
Bitcoin: $US6,752.59 (-1.79%)
In case you missed it yesterday we began a new column Guy on Rocks, where we chat with RM Corporate Finance executive Guy Le Page about the resources market.
What do you reckon — could #gold hit $US20k 🤑 in the next 2-5 years? Guy Le Page says that might be a little ambitious, but he is confident it still has further to run. #ASX #ausbiz #stockpicks #ironore #nickel #copper https://t.co/yJMxpR1iAS
— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) April 15, 2020
Most notably, one stock he said he was watching, delivered in spades yesterday — WA explorer Chalice Gold Mines (ASX:CHN).
However it was dwarfed by a gold hit from Africa-focused Predictive Discovery (ASX:PDI), which made the biggest one-day gain on the ASX in more than three years — 733 per cent.
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These were the most tipped stocks (weekly) on Stocks in Play:
Code | Company | Price | % Change | Market Cap | Volume |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PDI | Predictive Discovery | 0.05 | 733.33% | $25.0M | 381.41M |
APH | Australian Primary Hemp | 0.145 | 107.14% | $10.1M | 1.26M |
JXT | Jaxsta | 0.045 | 104.55% | $11.1M | 2.42M |
1ST | 1st Group | 0.051 | 88.89% | $22.1M | 61.07M |
CHN | Chalice Gold Mines | 1.1 | 94.69% | $290.5M | 14.80M |
CM8 | Crowd Mobile | 0.029 | 81.25% | $8.2M | 16.16M |
A1G | African Gold Ltd | 0.088 | 69.23% | $5.1M | 67.83K |
MXC | MGC Pharma | 0.028 | 64.71% | $24.6M | 15.88M |
ARM | Aurora Minerals Ltd | 0.013 | 62.50% | $3.1M | 32.48M |
ZMI | Zinc Ireland | 0.048 | 60.00% | $5.8M | 466.48K |
IPB | IPB Petroleum | 0.024 | 60.00% | $5.5M | 1.85M |
APG | Austpac Resources NL | 0.002 | 50.00% | $2.8M | 524.00K |
DHR | Dark Horse Resources | 0.003 | 50.00% | $7.4M | 600.00K |
PCL | Pancontinental Oil&Gas | 0.002 | 50.00% | $5.4M | 7.00M |
XPE | XPED | 0.002 | 50.00% | $1.8M | 504.84K |
UUV | UUV Aquabotix | 0.002 | 50.00% | $682K | 570.00K |
WNB | Wellness Beauty Solutions | 0.017 | 54.55% | $16.0M | 256.18M |
VAL | Valor Resources | 0.002 | 50.00% | $1.9M | 200.00K |
CLZ | Classic Minerals Ltd | 0.002 | 50.00% | $7.4M | 9.55M |
XTC | Xantippe Resources | 0.003 | 50.00% | $6.7M | 89.50M |
ZEN | Zenith Minerals Ltd | 0.041 | 46.43% | $147.9M | 93.00K |
FNT | Frontier Resources Ltd | 0.01 | 42.86% | $4.9M | 10.84M |
HLX | Helix Resources | 0.007 | 40.00% | $3.4M | 665.00K |
Code | Company | Price | % Change | Market Cap | Volume |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MPP | Metro Performance Glass | 0.16 | -40.74% | $50.1M | 83.75K |
QUE | Queste Communications | 0.04 | -35.48% | $1.7M | 127.41K |
FXL | Flexiroam Ltd | 0.01 | -33.33% | $370.7M | 285.83K |
SW1 | Swift Networks | 0.021 | -25.00% | $6.2M | 1.60M |
EUC | European Cobalt | 0.013 | -23.53% | $13.0M | 2.51M |
NWC | New World Cobalt | 0.007 | -22.22% | $7.9M | 5.28M |
YOW | Yowie Group Ltd | 0.034 | -20.93% | $9.4M | 375.75K |
EMU | Emu NL | 0.019 | -20.83% | $7.2M | 448.06K |
GNX | Genex Power Ltd | 0.135 | -20.59% | $68.3M | 2.71M |
RDN | Raiden | 0.004 | -20.00% | $2.2M | 296.01K |
SE1 | Sensera | 0.004 | -20.00% | $1.6M | 122.50K |
CZN | Corazon Mining Ltd | 0.002 | -20.00% | $4.8M | 8.95M |
TMX | Terrain Minerals Ltd | 0.004 | -20.00% | $3.6M | 2.90M |
BUG | Buderim Ginger Ltd | 0.13 | -18.75% | $13.7M | 3.33K |
COO | Corum Group Ltd | 0.04 | -18.37% | $19.7M | 7.02M |
BEM | BlackEarth Minerals | 0.037 | -17.78% | $6.4M | 95.97K |
MAN | Mandrake Resources | 0.019 | -17.39% | $6.1M | 59.22M |
CNU | Conico Ltd | 0.005 | -16.67% | $2.3M | 507.81K |
MBK | Metal Bank Ltd | 0.005 | -16.67% | $5.3M | 17.06K |
CXX | Cradle Resources Ltd | 0.025 | -16.67% | $5.7M | 27.00K |
GNM | Great Northern Minerals | 0.005 | -16.67% | $2.6M | 436.60K |
IGN | Ignite | 0.005 | -16.67% | $537K | 900.00K |