On Stockhead today, the metals more precious than gold inside your car, exploration spending in Australia is through the roof, and the hottest ETFs in Australia right now.
But first…
The day ahead
The All Ordinaries index teetered on the brink of 7,000 points at the close of Thursday trade after losing nearly 1 per cent.
There was a large sell-off in US stocks overnight, as the tech heavy Nasdaq index dropped 2.7 per cent to its lowest point since early January.
The Nasdaq market’s pullback means the index is only 1 per cent up since the start of the year, having nearly erased all of its gains since January.
The US 10-year Treasury bond was yielding 1.48 per cent Thursday having ticked slightly higher.
Stock pickers will be nervously watching the US markets’ Thursday trading session.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit over the next two trading days:
Friday:
Credit Intelligence (ASX:CI1) – capital raising
ioneer (ASX:INR) – capital raising
Kula Gold (ASX:KGD) – capital raising
Monday:
Elixinol (ASX:EXL) – potential transaction
Noronex (ASX:NRX) – JORC estimate
Dart Mining (ASX:DTM) – drilling results
Tasman Resources (ASX:TAS) – drilling update
BPH Energy (ASX:BPH) – price query
MARKETS
Gold: $US1,697.36 ($2,198.05) (-0.79%)
Silver: $US25.32 ($32.80) (-2.93%)
Oil (WTI): $US64.13 (+4.65%)
Oil (Brent): $US67.06 (+4.68%)
Coal: $US83.90 (-0.59%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US174.94 (+0.47%)
AUD/USD: $US0.7792 (-0.40%)
Bitcoin: $US48,150.54 (-5.79%)
What got you talking yesterday
Stockhead readers liked Nick Sundich’s story on how he managed to earn loads of Qantas frequent flyer points while many of its aircraft were grounded for COVID.
Readers also liked Reuben Adams’ analysis of the top winning stocks in February, including his tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining starring Jack Nicholson.
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Yesterday’s winners
Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAS | Tasman Resources Ltd | 0.1 | 85 | 29,262,455 | $33,002,222 |
| DTR | Dateline Resources | 0.003 | 50 | 8,078,297 | $16,420,156 |
| VMY | Vimy Resources Ltd | 0.13 | 37 | 21,422,025 | $73,973,372 |
| ARC | Aust Rural Cap Ltd | 0.3 | 36 | 117,186 | $2,848,173 |
| BEM | Blackearth Minerals | 0.15 | 25 | 31,415,777 | $20,139,298 |
| CYQ | Cycliq Group Ltd | 0.0025 | 25 | 520,000 | $4,607,385 |
| VIA | Viagold Rare Earth | 0.061 | 22 | 71,050 | $4,165,620 |
| MAN | Mandrake Res Ltd | 0.14 | 22 | 11,184,590 | $38,478,898 |
| ZEU | Zeus Resources Ltd | 0.029 | 21 | 708,922 | $4,323,600 |
| RFR | Rafaella Resources | 0.1 | 16 | 3,264,988 | $10,999,879 |
| SCL | Schrole Group Ltd | 0.015 | 15 | 14,565,324 | $19,151,389 |
| KEY | KEY Petroleum | 0.004 | 14 | 1,149,428 | $6,887,748 |
| DME | Dome Gold Mines Ltd | 0.16 | 14 | 1,000 | $41,665,555 |
| NML | Navarre Minerals Ltd | 0.16 | 14 | 1,399,109 | $76,319,901 |
| LIN | Lindian Resources | 0.024 | 14 | 8,971,743 | $15,028,982 |
| PKO | Peako Limited | 0.025 | 14 | 1,900 | $4,225,192 |
| EM2 | Eagle Mountain | 0.55 | 13 | 1,447,991 | $87,541,125 |
| FNT | Frontier Resources | 0.017 | 13 | 3,462,322 | $7,336,529 |
| A1M | Aic Mines Ltd | 0.35 | 13 | 155,999 | $21,301,656 |
| GMR | Golden Rim Resources | 0.009 | 13 | 320,271 | $20,234,353 |
| OZM | Ozaurum Resources | 0.19 | 12 | 235,625 | $8,843,400 |
Yesterday’s losers
Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPH | BPH Energy Ltd | 105 | -36 | 61,807,138 | $109,653,989 |
| CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.004 | -33 | 368,031,548 | $76,488,519 |
| CLZ | Classic Min Ltd | 0.001 | -33 | 79,224,241 | $26,335,301 |
| NCL | Netccentric Ltd | 0.205 | -31 | 2,986,987 | $77,437,500 |
| BUY | Bounty Oil & Gas NL | 0.025 | -26 | 40,229,267 | $37,277,633 |
| MRD | Mount Ridley Mines | 0.003 | -25 | 325,000 | $15,522,497 |
| CAE | Cannindah Resources | 0.042 | -24 | 2,646,685 | $15,754,456 |
| WTL | WT Financial Grp Ltd | 0.09 | -22 | 42,508 | $19,224,769 |
| GTG | Genetic Technologies | 0.0095 | -21 | 41,138,400 | $108,170,721 |
| BNO | Bionomics Limited | 0.26 | -20 | 2,273,786 | $274,798,771 |
| KTE | K2 Energy Ltd | 0.04 | -20 | 3,095,691 | $15,032,858 |
| AMD | Arrow Minerals | 0.008 | -20 | 7,164,135 | $13,323,818 |
| CBY | Canterbury Resources | 0.105 | -19 | 304,641 | $11,441,949 |
| 4CE | Force Com Ltd | 0.017 | -19 | 10,782,355 | $21,396,918 |
| FRX | Flexiroam Limited | 0.047 | -19 | 15,536,107 | $29,037,528 |
| HCD | Hydrocarbon Dynamic | 0.018 | -18 | 1,107,431 | $9,686,382 |
| MRL | Mayur Resources Ltd | 0.3 | -18 | 74,639 | $71,178,535 |
| VR1 | Vection Technologies | 0.082 | -17 | 17,715,750 | $95,619,056 |
| GLE | GLG Corp Ltd | 0.29 | -17 | 45,070 | $25,935,000 |
| KFE | Kogi Iron Ltd | 0.015 | -17 | 5,503,478 | $15,224,143 |
| AZI | Alta Zinc Ltd | 0.005 | -17 | 28,567,330 | $21,664,195 |