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

On Stockhead today, ASX space launches are ramping up, silver to bash through $US30/oz barrier in 2021, and everyone’s waiting for the NZ green wave.

But first..

The day ahead

Key events will be led by the European Central Bank’s policy announcement later tonight, along with the initial print for US Q3 GDP data.

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

Thursday:

Adriatic Metals (ASX:ADT) – capital raising
VRX Silica (ASX:VRX) – mining lease application
Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR) – capital raising
Toro Energy (ASX:TOE) – exploration update on its Yandal Project
HGL Limited (ASX:HNG) – capital raising
Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) – project update, acquisition and conditional capital raising
McPherson’s (ASX:MCP) – equity raising and associated acquisition
Cauldron Energy (ASX:CXU) – capital raising
MetalsTech (ASX:MTC) – exploration results
Resources & Energy Group (ASX:REZ) – capital raising

Friday: 

Buddy Technologies (ASX:BUD) – legal proceedings
Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) – acquisition
Xplore Wealth (ASX:XPL) – acquisition
HUB24 (ASX:HUB) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US1,877.30 ($2,660.95) (-1.55%)

Silver: $US23.36 ($33.11) (-4.89%)

Oil (WTI): $US37.48 (-5.31%)

Oil (Brent): $US39.22 (-4.81%)

Coal: $US58.98 (+0.39%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US120.45 (-0.15%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7058 (-1.00%)

Bitcoin: $US13,204.63 (-3.25%)

What got you talking yesterday

Readers got the rundown on robotics with our deep dive into the world of advanced industrial tech, and there was plenty of interest in our summary of the best IPO performers over the past fortnight.

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Also, be sure to check in at 10.15am each day for our daily 10 at 10 column — a summary of the top winners & losers at the ASX opening using live data.

Yesterday’s winners

Yesterday’s losers