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

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On Stockhead today, the experts who say Covid won’t kill the bull case for gold, Bitcoin hits a three-year high, and Bottom Picker has a day out on the Pfizer.
But first…
The week ahead
The RBA will be in focus in the early part of the week, with governor Philip Lowe scheduled to give a speech on Monday night called ‘Covid, Our Changing Economy and Monetary Policy’.
Lowe will also make a panel appearance on Wednesday night, while the minutes from the central bank’s November meeting are out on Tuesday.
The headline data release of the week will be the October jobs report, where Westpac expects the national unemployment rate to tick higher to 7.2 per cent.
The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit in the next couple of trading days:
Monday:
Crater Gold Mining (ASX:CGN) – price query response
Webcentral (ASX:WCG) – capital raising
Security Matters (ASX:SMX) – capital raising
Gold Mountain (ASX:GMN) – capital raising
Havilah Resources (ASX:HAV) – capital raising
Aurelia Metals (ASX:AMI) – capital raising
Tuesday:
Tempest Minerals (ASX:TEM) – capital raising
Crowd Media (ASX:CM8) – capital raising
Elixinol (ASX:EXL) – capital raising
CannPal (ASX:CP1) – transaction
AusCann (ASX:AC8) – transaction
Land & Homes Group (ASX:LHM) – financing options
Bryah Resources (ASX:BYH) – manganese rights update
Mayor Resources (ASX:MRL) – capital raising
Protean Energy (ASX:POW) – price query response
Markets
Gold: $US1,888.95 ($2,597.65) (+0.70%)
Silver: $US24.63 ($33.88) (+1.65%)
Oil (WTI): $US40.13 (-2.41%)
Oil (Brent): $US42.65 (-2.02%)
Coal: $US62.70 (+0.16%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US120.80 (-0.17%)
AUD/USD: $US0.7270 (0.00%)
Bitcoin: $US15,849.07 (-0.35%)
What got you talking last week
Readers took an interest in our latest deep dives on gold and cannabis, as well as which US stocks Aussie investors were interested in during October.
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Last week’s winners
Note: Stocks in yellow made market moving announcements yesterday
Last week’s losers
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