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

On Stockhead today, an $US17bn expert’s view on gold from here, iron ore is hitting six-year highs, and biotechs lose puff on vaccine news.

But first…

The day ahead

Westpac’s consumer sentiment survey for November is out, following an October surge which saw it rise above pre-Covid levels.

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

Wednesday:

GetSwift (ASX:GSW) – results of scheme vote
Paterson Resources (ASX:PSL) – geophysics program
Victory Mines (ASX:VIC) – drilling results
Kleos Space (ASX:KSS) – capital raising
Auroch Minerals (ASX:AOU) – acquisition

Thursday:

Buderim Group (ASX:BUG) – capital raising
Galilee Energy (ASX:GLL) – capital raising
archTIS (ASX:AR9) – capital raising
Antisense Therapeutics (ASX:ANP) – outcome of EU application & capital raising
Crowd Media Holdings (ASX:CM8) – proposed joint venture agreements
eMetals (ASX:EMT) – exploration results
Little Green Pharma (ASX:LGP) – partnership agreement
Galena Mining (ASX:G1A) – project financing

Markets

Gold: $US1,875.45 ($2,576.27) (-0.73%)

Silver: $US24.16 ($33.19) (-0.37%)

Oil (WTI): $US41.41 (+2.78%)

Oil (Brent): $US43.65 (+2.95%)

Coal: $US62.15 (-0.51%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US120.30 (+0.38%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7280 (-0.05%)

Bitcoin: $US15,326.34 (-0.29%)

What got you talking yesterday

In a word, vaccines. Here’s our summary of the biggest ASX movers and shakers following Pfizer’s big update.

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