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

On Stockhead today, the shares Aussie traders are hitting overseas, what battery stocks did after “Battery Day”, and who’s fighting the good fight against infections.

But first…

The day ahead

There’s not much happening in Asian trade today but later tonight, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will appear at a Senate Banking Committee alongside Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin.

The following companies are in trading halts and are scheduled to exit in the next couple of days.

Friday:

Vango Mining (ASX:VAN) – drilling results
Auris Minerals (ASX:AUR) – acquisition
Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) – capital raising
Carawine Resources (ASX:CWX) – capital raising
Norwest Minerals (ASX:NWM) – capital raising
Australian Silica Quartz (ASX:ASQ) – capital raising
Yojee (ASX:YOJ) – capital raising
Australian Vanadium (ASX:AVL) – capital raising
Optiscan Imaging (ASX:OIL) – capital raising
Rimfire Pacific Mining (ASX:RIM) – capital raising
Pilot Energy (ASX:PGY) – capital raising

Monday:

New Age Exploration (ASX:NAE) – capital raising
Pepinnini Minerals (ASX:PNN) – capital raising
EMU (ASX:EMU) – capital raising
Bionomics (ASX:BNO) – capital raising
Dreadnought Resources (ASX:DRE) – exploration results
Scorpion Minerals (ASX:SCN) – exploration results
Core Lithium (ASX:CXO) – exploration results
Lifespot Health (ASX:LSH) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US1,867.38 ($2,649.33) (+0.22%)

Silver: $US23.13 ($32.82) (+1.15%)

Oil (WTI): $US40.18 (-0.63%)

Oil (Brent): $US41.76 (-0.02%)

Coal: $US61.15 (+1.07%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US122.64 (-1.72%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7052 (+0.07%)

Bitcoin: $US10,652.06 (+3.65%)

What got you talking yesterday

Readers took an interest in the latest editions of High Voltage, covering (battery metals stocks buoyed by Tesla’s Battery Day) and Trading Places, where (fund managers were loving industrial stocks this week).

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Yesterday’s winners

Note: Stocks in yellow made market moving announcements yesterday

Yesterday’s losers