On Stockhead today, February’s biggest ASX winners, how to earn 200K points without flying, and which subreddit picks the best stocks?
But first…
The day ahead
The All Ordinaries index finished trading Wednesday up 0.8 per cent at 7,067 points, despite Wall Street’s top three share indexes going into the red overnight.
The Australian dollar was trading at 78 cents marking around a three-year high for the local currency against the US dollar.
Credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings said in a report that Australian business could be left with “lingering scars” from containing the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Financial damage from COVID containment, together with ongoing structural concerns, still weigh on the credit quality of Australian and New Zealand corporates and infrastructure companies,” said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst, Richard Timbs.
The report contrasts with news Wednesday that Australia’s economy grew by 3.1 per cent in the December 2020-ended quarter, marking two consecutive quarters of more than 3 per cent growth, something that has not happened since the 1960s.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit over the next two trading days:
Thursday:
Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) – exploration results
Genetic Technologies (ASX:GTG) – distribution agreement
Aspermont (ASX:ASP) – capital raising
Ausmex Mining (ASX:AMG) – upgraded resource
Magmatic Resources (ASX:MAG) – capital raising
Thomson Resources (ASX:TMZ) – project acquisition
Friday:
Core Lithium (ASX:CXO) – acquisition
Credit Intelligence (ASX:CI1) – capital raising
ioneer (ASX:INR) – capital raising
Kula Gold (ASX:KGD) – capital raising
MARKETS
Gold: $US1,715.56 ($2,201.69) (-1.30%)
Silver: $US26.23 ($33.66) (-1.95%)
Oil (WTI): $US61.32 (+2.63%)
Oil (Brent): $US64.13 (+2.26%)
Coal: $US84.40 (+0.60%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US174.12 (+0.55%)
AUD/USD: $US0.7792 (-0.40%)
Bitcoin: $US51,053.43 (+7.50%)
What got you talking yesterday
Stockhead readers liked Eddy Sunarto’s story on Australia’s record-breaking GDP number for Q4 2020 and the accompanying photo of a surfing kangaroo.
Another popular read was Derek Rose’s story on the almost surreal world of cryptocurrencies which seem to be proliferating like topsy with new tokens appearing all the time.
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Yesterday’s winners
Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTL | WT Financial Grp Ltd | 0.115 | 156 | 796,269 | $7,522,736 |
| EZZ | EZZ Life Science | 1.16 | 132 | 8,791,387 | $13,920,000 |
| INV | Investsmart Group | 0.17 | 70 | 1,285,323 | $13,853,954 |
| ANL | Amani Gold Ltd | 0.0015 | 50 | 2,588,208 | $10,786,997 |
| CLZ | Classic Min Ltd | 0.0015 | 50 | 24,605,000 | $17,556,867 |
| DDD | 3D Resources Limited | 0.006 | 50 | 13,514,597 | $14,481,488 |
| BRK | Brookside Energy Ltd | 0.014 | 27 | 204,831,214 | $18,166,045 |
| VML | Vital Metals Limited | 0.078 | 26 | 240,293,814 | $165,831,067 |
| BMN | Bannerman Resources | 0.13 | 24 | 9,376,591 | $124,859,467 |
| AJQ | Armour Energy Ltd | 0.042 | 24 | 8,346,899 | $43,375,943 |
| REE | Rarex Limited | 0.16 | 23 | 28,745,924 | $56,373,617 |
| ALT | Analytica Limited | 0.003 | 20 | 1,000,000 | $8,799,031 |
| MLS | Metals Australia | 0.003 | 20 | 51,746,523 | $10,477,259 |
| NPM | Newpeak Metals | 0.003 | 20 | 1,711,682 | $12,185,403 |
| SHE | Stonehorse Energy Lt | 0.024 | 20 | 37,222,716 | $9,900,919 |
| WOO | Wooboard Tech Ltd | 0.006 | 20 | 5,511,174 | $15,138,517 |
| FSG | Field Solu Hldgs Ltd | 0.085 | 20 | 2,431,157 | $37,895,491 |
| DAV | Davenport Resources | 0.075 | 19 | 9,914,873 | $26,658,232 |
| AER | Aeeris Ltd | 0.125 | 19 | 6,000 | $6,297,255 |
| INF | Infinity Lithium | 0.19 | 19 | 3,940,014 | $64,144,282 |
| ARN | Aldoro Resources | 0.225 | 18 | 606,506 | $12,935,353 |
Yesterday’s losers
Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANW | Aus Tin Mining | 0.001 | -50 | 42,198,636 | $16,124,637 |
| APG | Austpac Resources NL | 0.001 | -33 | 1,550,000 | $4,748,494 |
| CYQ | Cycliq Group Ltd | 0.002 | -33 | 1,249,999 | $6,911,078 |
| DTR | Dateline Resources | 0.002 | -33 | 9,513,288 | $24,630,234 |
| SBR | Sabre Resources | 0.005 | -29 | 189,995,104 | $11,781,446 |
| RDS | Redstone Resources | 0.013 | -28 | 39,329,374 | $12,941,983 |
| XPE | Xped Limited | 0.002 | -20 | 3,514,653 | $6,342,505 |
| PDZ | Prairie Mining Ltd | 0.21 | -19 | 225,000 | $59,372,323 |
| UUV | UUV Aquabotix Ltd | 0.0025 | -17 | 17,974,762 | $7,165,124 |
| YPB | YPB Group Ltd | 0.0025 | -17 | 12,644,369 | $14,163,154 |
| CAE | Cannindah Resources | 0.055 | -15 | 3,672,702 | $18,618,902 |
| DME | Dome Gold Mines Ltd | 0.14 | -15 | 1,587 | $48,957,333 |
| CLB | Candy Club | 0.2 | -15 | 535,403 | $72,416,996 |
| AUH | Austchina Holdings | 0.012 | -14 | 5,585,919 | $22,877,741 |
| CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.006 | -14 | 147,181,410 | $89,236,606 |
| VXR | Venturex Resources | 0.395 | -14 | 7,106,326 | $178,210,339 |
| AQS | Aquis Ent Ltd | 0.305 | -14 | 660,877 | $12,680,307 |
| SCL | Schrole Group Ltd | 0.013 | -13 | 24,091,097 | $22,097,756 |
| AAJ | Aruma Resources Ltd | 0.06 | -13 | 802,574 | $7,311,304 |
| ALY | Alchemy Resource Ltd | 0.014 | -13 | 2,794,813 | $10,755,895 |
| DCX | Discovex Res Ltd | 0.007 | -13 | 4,585,714 | $9,569,313 |