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

On Stockhead today, what investors should look for in Aussie companies eyeing a China strategy, ASX fintechs have gained 258 per cent in 3 months and fund managers should make friends with the millennial investor crowd.

But first…

The day ahead

It’s a quiet day to end the week on the local calendar, while key data abroad will be led by the US PCE inflation measure for May.

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit in the next two trading days:

Friday:

Nex Metals Exploration (ASX:NME) – drilling and assay results
Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR) – capital raising
Lachlan Star (ASX:LSA) – option acquisition
Auteco Minerals (ASX:AUT) – price query response
Babylon Pump and Power (ASX:BPP) – capital raising

Monday:

Qantas (ASX:QAN) – capital raising and market update
IPB Petroleum (ASX:IPB) – capital raising
Centaurus Metals (ASX:CTM) – mineral resource estimate
Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX:NEU) – capital raising
Kleos Space (ASX:KSS) – R&D Technology launch
Novatti (ASX:NOV) – capital raising
4DS Memory (ASX:4DS) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US1,763.95 ($2,549.69) (+0.14%)

Silver: $US17.80 (+1.60%)

Oil (WTI): $US39.08 (+2.84%)

Oil (Brent): $US41.47 (+3.01%)

Coal: $US53.32 (-0.76%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US103.12 (+0.26%)

AUD/USD: $US0.6888 (+0.28%)

Bitcoin: $US9,278.85 (-0.39%)

What got you talking yesterday

Over on the Stockhead Twitter page, gold stayed front and centre with plenty of attention on our recap of the latest round of junior gold explorers to surge ahead in the wake of more big discoveries.

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Yesterday’s winners

Note: Stocks in yellow made market-moving announcements yesterday

Yesterday’s losers