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

On Stockhead today, why resources and rare earths are this professional investor’s go-to in a post-COVID world, what ASX investors should look for in a COVID-19 earnings season, and investors are still hungry for WA gold but are they missing the gems in these explorers portfolios?

But first…

The week ahead

Key data locally will be led by NAB’s widely-read business survey for July, which has bounced off its COVID-19 lows but is “still weak”, Westpac said.

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

Tuesday:

Regeneus (ASX:RGS) – licensing agreement
Engage:BDR (ASX:EN1) – capital raising
PainChek (ASX:PCK) – capital raising
Sheffield Resources (ASX:SFX) – capital raising & offtake agreements
Harris Technology Group (ASX:HT8) – capital raising
Alchemy Resources (ASX:ALY) – capital raising
AdAlta (ASX:1AD) – capital raising
Salt Lake Potash (ASX:SO4) – capital raising

Wednesday:

Rightcrowd (ASX:RCW) – capital raising
Imdex (ASX:IMD) – legal case
Altura Mining (ASX:AJM) – lender arrangement update
Golden Deeps (ASX:GED) – capital raising
Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) – farm out agreement update
Vmoto (ASX:VMT) –  capital raising
Argent Minerals (ASX:ARD) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US2,027.20 ($2,836.05) (-0.37%)

Silver: $US29.11 ($40.72) (+2.70%)

Oil (WTI): $US41.98 (+1.84%)

Oil (Brent): $US44.93 (+1.19%)

Coal: $US56.25 (-0.04%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US118.07 (-0.69%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7149 (-0.11%)

Bitcoin: $US11,869.48 (+1.81%)

What got you talking yesterday

Readers took an interest in Nick Sundich’s recap of 11 ASX software stocks that have ripped higher in the post-COVID tech boom this year.

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