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

On Stockhead today, COVID-19 has put a rocket under online retail and the race for market share is on, an economic geologist’s insights on the booming North Pilbara Gold Belt and S&P says the world needs more copper discoveries right now.

But first…

The day ahead

Key data locally will be led by manufacturing PMIs for June, along with the monthly home price index from CoreLogic and May building approvals data from the ABS.

There’s also a wave of June manufacturing PMIs due globally to kick off a new month, along with minutes from the June meeting of the US Federal Reserve.

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

Wednesday:

Synertec Corporation (ASX:SOP) – corporate update & capital raising
Todd River Resources (ASX:TRT) – tenement acquisition
Titanium Sands (ASX:TSL) – project update
Great Southern Mining (ASX:GSN) – price query response
Amplia Therapeutics (ASX:ATX) – preclinical toxicology study results
Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC) – capital raising
Victory Mines (ASX:VIC) – acquisition and capital raising
Nex Metals (ASX:NME) – capital raising
Cygnus Gold (ASX:CY5) – capital raising
Hipo Resources (ASX:HIP) – capital raising
Corazon Mining (ASX:CZN) – capital raising

Thursday:

Kasbah Resources (ASX:KAS) – removal application
Prairie Mining (ASX:PDZ) – litigation funding agreement
Emmerson Resources (ASX:ERM) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US1,780.10 ($2,579.34) (+0.39%)

Silver: $US18.14 (+1.62%)

Oil (WTI): $US39.75 (+0.15%)

Oil (Brent): $US41.05 (-1.58%)

Coal: $US53.40 (-1.11%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US103.06 (-0.16%)

AUD/USD: $US0.6903 (+0.54%)

Bitcoin: $US9,151.41 (-0.32%)

What got you talking yesterday

There was plenty of interest in our latest recap of small cap activity in the uranium sector, where a structural supply deficit continues to provide support for prices following a June rally.

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Yesterday’s winners

Note: Stocks in yellow made market-moving announcements yesterday

Yesterday’s losers