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

On Stockhead today, prospecting legend Rita Brooks on her new IPO, the ASX small caps that pay big dividends, and how to hitch onto the copper bandwagon.

But first…

The week ahead

It’s a relatively quiet schedule on the data front, with RBA minutes on Tuesday most likely the highlight of the local calendar while global events will be led by the ECB’s policy decision on Thursday night.

TRADING HALTS

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

Monday

Field Solutions Holdings (ASX:FSG) – new project
Province Resources (ASX:PRL) – agreement
Zenith Minerals (ASX:ZNC) – exploration results
Strike Energy (ASX:STX) – capital raising
Vimy Resources (ASX:VMY) – capital raising
Carpentaria Resources (ASX:CAP) – capital raising
LawFinance (ASX:LAW) – capital raising
Tilt Renewables (ASX:TLT) – acquisition
Elementos (ASX:ELT) – capital raising
Magnis (ASX:MNS) – funding deal

Tuesday 

Merchant House (ASX:MHI) – clarification of announcement
K2fly (ASX:K2F) – capital raising
Kazia Therapeutics (ASX:KZA) – in-licensing transaction

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,776.46 ($2,298.28) (+0.75%)

Silver: $US25.96 ($33.59) (+0.37%)

Oil (WTI): $US63.13 (-0.52%)

Oil (Brent): $US66.70 (-0.36%)

Coal: $US92.35 (+1.37%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US174.89 (+1.09%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7729 (-0.05%)

Bitcoin: $US56,326.83 (-7.58%)

What got you talking last week

The latest flagship edition of Kick Back pondered some deep questions, including — what actually gives an asset its value? Featuring cameos from NFTs, house prices iron ore and, you guessed it… Dogecoin.

Elsewhere, Nick Sundich looked at how investors can get access to pre-IPO capital raisings, and which ASX milk stocks are back in focus — two of the most popular posts among Stockhead readers last week.

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Last week’s winners

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