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

On Stockhead today, more of Tim Boreham’s 2021 rising stars, experts’ views on commodities in the next 12 months, and can the BNPL boom continue?

But first…

The day ahead

Today the ASX will have a shortened trading day, closing at 2.10pm (AEDT).

The bourse will be closed tomorrow on New Years’ Day but then reopen on Monday January 4 with the only other change to trading hours for the rest of January being the Australia Day closure on January 26.

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out today (there are no companies scheduled to exit on Monday January 4):

THURSDAY:

Ultima United (ASX:ULL) – capital raising & development project
The Agency Group (ASX:AU1) – finance documentation
IODM (ASX:IOD) – capital raising
New Zealand Oil and Gas (ASX:NZO) – drilling results

Markets

Gold: $US1,889.88 ($2,461.87) (+0.64%)

Silver: $US26.45 ($34.45) (+1.04%)

Oil (WTI): $US48.28 (+0.58%)

Oil (Brent): $US51.28 (+0.37%)

Coal: $US82.00 (-2.46%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US155.70 (+0.08%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7676 (+0.92%)

Bitcoin: $US28,750.07 (+7.04%)

What’s got you talking this week

So far this week, our High Voltage column has been the most popular with our readers. Finally there are signs that the electric vehicle boom is actually happening – and fast.

This has been good new for battery metals stocks particularly 23 which are up 200 per cent or more in 12 months.

This EV boom could be long and lucrative for battery metals players like $AVZ $COB $EMH and $GLN, which led the High Voltage winners this week. #ASX #ausbiz https://t.co/3JZIdTE0uw

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) December 29, 2020

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Yesterday’s winners

Note: Stocks in yellow rose after making announcements

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
LIO	Lion Energy Limited	0.026	63	460560
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.003	50	4797956
AIB	Aurora Glb Trust	0.073	40	28409
AHQ	Allegiance Coal Ltd	0.08	40	3091312
AVW	Avira Resources Ltd	0.008	33	11736971
MLS	Metals Australia	0.002	33	347930
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.002	33	1000000
FIN	FIN Resources Ltd	0.025	32	14318262
SOR	Strategic Elements	0.215	30	69015072
HVM	Happy Valley	0.17	26	182413
EPM	Eclipse Metals	0.015	25	1632265
BPM	BPM Minerals	0.25	25	3539091
GGX	Gas2Grid Limited	0.0025	25	200000
AGE	Alligator Energy	0.011	22	78344011
LER	Leaf Res Ltd	0.045	22	5184692
AVZ	AVZ Minerals Ltd	0.17	21	56846686
SMI	Santana Minerals Ltd	0.175	21	125334
ARE	Argonaut Resources	0.006	20	1640099
HPR	High Peak Royalties	0.08	19	230000
ERA	Energy Resources	0.31	19	1514966
CBE	Cobre	0.28	17	532207
GBZ	GBM Rsources Ltd	0.14	17	751314

Yesterday’s losers

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
XPE	Xped Limited	0.002	-33	2402274
ATP	Atlas Pearls Ltd	0.014	-26	10726686
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.0015	-25	2436083
CFO	Cfoam Limited	0.044	-19	248070894
TGO	Growthops Ltd	0.055	-18	463034
AZI	Alta Zinc Ltd	0.005	-17	125000
CZN	Corazon Ltd	0.0025	-17	900000
DTR	Dateline Resources	0.0025	-17	1650165
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.0025	-17	350000
GES	Genesis Resources	0.011	-15	330000
DOR	Doriemus PLC	0.036	-14	1237
LNY	Laneway Res Ltd	0.006	-14	2103900
LSR	Lodestar Minerals	0.012	-14	2244553
PO3	Purifloh Ltd	1.47	-14	26859
IRI	Integrated Research	2.62	-13	2964072
DVN	Devine Limited	0.1	-13	198605
TYX	Tyranna Res Ltd	0.007	-13	176000
GBE	Globe Metals &Mining	0.031	-11	29991
MEB	Medibio Limited	0.008	-11	1016474
RIM	Rimfire Pacific	0.008	-11	342222
SVA	Simavita Ltd	0.016	-11	30000