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

On Stockhead today, ASX contech stocks ready for the boom, is gold on the rebound, and a new ETF for a greener planet.

But first…

The day ahead

The All Ordinaries index finished Thursday in the green, just, with the broad market index up a mere 5.7 points at 6,952.

Airline stocks like Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) and Regional Express (ASX:REX) and travel operator Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX:FLT) did well.

The Australian government’s $1.2bn subsidy to fund the domestic tourism sector, allowing airlines to offer 800,000 cheap flights, may have provided a boost.

The broad index of Australian shares has hugged the 7,000 points level since early December and is waiting for a breakout like its American cousins.

Speaking of which, the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged to a new record of 32,297 points overnight, marking a rise of 1.5 per cent from Wednesday.

The Nasdaq index for tech stocks like Tesla was marginally in the red Wednesday at 13,068, down 5 points on day.

US 10-year Treasury bond yields were steady at 1.5 per cent in Thursday trade before US markets opened.

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit over the next two trading days:

Friday:

Aldoro Resources (ASX:ARN) – FLTEM survey
Hexagon Energy (ASX:HXG) – change to nature of activities
Jindalee Resources (ASX:JRL) – final assay results from drilling program

Monday:

MetalsTech (ASX:MTC) – spin out of assets
Credit Intelligence (ASX:CI1) – capital raising
Xstate Resources (ASX:XST) – drilling update
Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) – drilling update
Accent Resources (ASX:ACS) – ASX query
Theta Gold Mines (ASX:TGM) – capital raising
EQ Resources (ASX:EQR) – capital raising
ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) – capital raising
Vortiv (ASX:VOR) – capital return

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,722.82 ($2,210.91) (-0.19%)

Silver: $US26.12 ($33.52) (-0.18%)

Oil (WTI): $US66.09 (+2.56%)

Oil (Brent): $US69.71 (+2.67%)

Coal: $US83.75 (+1.60%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US171.28 (+1.69%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7790 (+0.73%)

Bitcoin: $US57,217.65 (+1.67%)

What got you talking yesterday

Stockhead readers were eager to learn more about the direction of cryptocurrencies as the sector’s king moved closer to $US60,000 while other coins went backwards.

And, iron ore’s unrelenting supply tightness is drawing new producers to the market including several new entrants in the past months like Fenix Resources and GWR Group.

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Yesterday’s winners

Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
CLZ	Classic Min Ltd	0.0015	50	37,225,000
MTC	Metalstech Ltd	0.17	42	9,874,706
PRL	Province Resources	0.12	32	79,831,165
KP2	Kore Potash PLC	0.018	29	5,924,980
RBR	RBR Group Ltd	0.0115	28	25,440,417
AUH	Austchina Holdings	0.014	27	9,395,172
PKO	Peako Limited	0.029	26	2,551,869
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0.0025	25	5,100,000
SBR	Sabre Resources	0.005	25	2,118,164
WWI	West Wits Mining Ltd	0.097	24	40,035,002
RSH	Respiri Limited	0.16	23	4,582,644
EVS	Envirosuite Ltd	0.15	20	4,615,207
JCS	Jcurve Solutions	0.06	20	1,618,348
AZI	Alta Zinc Ltd	0.006	20	748,166
IVZ	Invictus Energy Ltd	0.105	19	27,632,206
PSL	Paterson Resources	0.053	18	8,357,921
YOW	Yowie Group	0.047	18	1,018,518
BIT	Biotron Limited	0.077	17	9,023,464
AAU	Antilles Gold Ltd	0.105	17	214,780
DLC	Delecta Limited	0.007	17	33,415,858
TPD	Talon Petroleum Ltd	0.007	17	26,981,097

Yesterday’s losers

Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
APG	Austpac Resources NL	0.003	-25	156,419,910
ARC	Aust Rural Cap Ltd	0.23	-21	32,527
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.002	-20	3,708,863
MHI	Merchant House	0.046	-18	1,200,000
VIC	Victory Mines Ltd	0.0025	-17	652,310
MAM	Microequities	0.5	-16	100,000
MHK	Metalhawk.	0.17	-15	367,952
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.003	-14	3,225,000
NCL	Netccentric Ltd	0.2	-13	488,499
EME	Energy Metals Ltd	0.14	-13	210,986
HXL	Hexima	0.145	-12	10,000
MAG	Magmatic Resrce Ltd	0.11	-12	1,331,255
AGR	Aguia Res Ltd	0.097	-12	589,089
MAN	Mandrake Res Ltd	0.15	-12	6,477,048
LCT	Living Cell Tech.	0.015	-12	738,392
MGU	Magnum Mining & Exp	0.115	-12	3,696,215
GMR	Golden Rim Resources	0.008	-11	5,571,987
LAW	Lawfinance Ltd	0.016	-11	714,876
NTL	New Talisman Gold	0.004	-11	10,000,958
MRZ	Mont Royal Resources	0.25	-11	40,000
CXM	Centrex Metals	0.059	-11	2,919,129