On Stockhead today, the battery metals you didn’t know you were looking for, the gold boost no-one’s talking about (yet), and how defi can cure crypto volatility.

But first…
 

THE WEEK AHEAD

Most key updates this week are coming out of US markets, starting on Monday night when four committee members of the US Federal Reserve are scheduled to talk.

US inflation updates are likely to get plenty of attention from markets in the months ahead, and Friday night will see the release of PCE inflation data — the preferred measure of the US Fed — for April.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Monday

Australian Bauxite (ASX:ABX) – capital raising
Zeotech (ASX:ZEO) – capital raising
Australian Potash (ASX:APC) – capital raising
Lucapa Diamond Company (ASX:LOM) – acquisition and capital raising
Dynamic Drill & Blast (ASX:DDB) – capital raising
Jayex Healthcare (ASX:JHL) – capital raising
Mayur Resources (ASX:MRL) – capital raising

Tuesday 

Freedom Foods Group (ASX:FNP) – capital raising
Salt Lake Potash (ASX:SO4) – capital raising
Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) – NAL bid update
Anteris Technologies (ASX:AVR) – capital raising

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,881.10 ($2,433.66) (+0.23%)

Silver: $US27.54 ($35.63) (-0.72%)

Oil (WTI): $US63.58 (+2.65%)

Oil (Brent): $US66.44 (+2.04%)

Coal: $US102.50 (+4.06%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US209.13 (-0.96%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7726 (-0.03%)

Bitcoin: $US34,430.74 (-9.63%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING LAST WEEK?

If it wasn’t the Wood Mac fun police crashing the copper party, it was probably our chat with an ASX lithium CEO about what sets good companies in the sector apart.

Then again, it may have why investors have been shunning down-and-out travel stocks. Here’s Stockhead’s Nick Sundich on why they might be wrong.

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Also, be sure to check in at 10.20am each day for our daily 10 at 10 column — a live summary of winners & losers at the opening bell.

 

YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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Code Company Price ReturnWRoll% MktCap$
GNM Great Northern 0.019 138 $ 20,553,866.59
BPM BPM Minerals 0.445 128 $ 11,508,750.00
UUV UUV Aquabotix Ltd 0.002 100 $ 4,776,749.62
M8S M8 Sustainable 0.04 74 $ 5,791,504.13
4CE Force Com Ltd 0.026 73 $ 24,453,620.59
AHI Adv Human Imag Ltd 1.7725 69 $ 245,452,568.40
PUR Pursuit Minerals 0.076 55 $ 55,136,918.88
PBX Pacific Bauxite Ltd 0.003 50 $ 1,189,842.10
CYQ Cycliq Group Ltd 0.0015 50 $ 3,789,678.02
ECT Env Clean Tech Ltd. 0.0015 50 $ 17,376,937.43
QML Qmines Limited 0.41 46 $ 17,972,668.74
VRC Volt Resources Ltd 0.038 46 $ 90,452,467.84
CZR CZR Resources Ltd 0.016 45 $ 42,795,283.41
MSR Manas Res Ltd 0.01 43 $ 19,321,915.19
MSI Multistack Internat. 0.077 43 $ 8,984,313.92
OZM Ozaurum Resources 0.19 41 $ 10,404,000.00
EM1 Emerge Gaming Ltd 0.035 40 $ 29,152,106.88
CAP Carpentaria Resource 0.11 39 $ 47,293,470.95
CDT Castle Minerals 0.0165 38 $ 10,255,011.45
ADD Adavale Resource Ltd 0.086 37 $ 25,813,259.55
PIL Peppermint Inv Ltd 0.019 36 $ 30,188,548.72
BMN Bannerman Resources 0.21 35 $ 237,827,555.60
POD Podium Minerals 0.67 35 $ 179,432,756.48
IMM Immutep Ltd 0.61 34 $ 393,289,765.20
APG Austpac Resources NL 0.002 33 $ 6,331,325.91
NGY Nuenergy Gas Ltd 0.04 33 $ 72,566,819.35
GES Genesis Resources 0.012 33 $ 9,394,095.53
HMD Heramed Limited 0.2 33 $ 32,679,184.40
RIE Riedel Resources Ltd 0.024 33 $ 18,517,533.36
HLX Helix Resources 0.041 32 $ 43,099,677.19
TTT Titomic Limited 0.515 32 $ 70,494,847.74
NZS New Zealand Coastal 0.017 31 $ 9,526,405.55
PPK PPK Group Limited 12.15 31 $ 1,037,453,388.45
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YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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Code Company Price % 1 Week MktCap$
INF Infinity Lithium 0.065 -66 $ 25,769,891.58
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.001 -50 $ 12,386,996.75
MMI Metro Mining Ltd 0.028 -46 $ 36,143,261.39
ARV Artemis Resources 0.061 -42 $ 70,479,387.65
EML EML Payments Ltd 3.35 -36 $ 1,052,920,553.79
PVL Powerhouse Ven Ltd 0.105 -34 $ 10,201,749.36
TOM Tomizone Limited 0.002 -33 $ 850,401.35
G88 Golden Mile Res Ltd 0.061 -31 $ 8,541,118.01
PTR Petratherm Ltd 0.042 -30 $ 8,354,547.85
TRY Troy Resources Ltd 0.047 -28 $ 36,363,060.86
TYM Tymlez Group 0.017 -26 $ 4,964,626.81
CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.0015 -25 $ 19,846,632.18
KEY KEY Petroleum 0.003 -25 $ 5,903,784.38
PCH Property Connect 0.0015 -25 $ 1,028,795.21
PCL Pancontinental Oil 0.0015 -25 $ 9,010,073.23
BCK Brockman Mining Ltd 0.042 -25 $ 436,123,910.16
CUL Cullen Resources 0.021 -25 $ 7,852,270.80
MHI Merchant House 0.068 -24 $ 6,787,187.71
PVW PVW Res Ltd 0.13 -24 $ 8,769,242.95
HGO Hillgrove Res Ltd 0.063 -23 $ 62,776,948.53
ODY Odyssey Gold Ltd 0.1425 -23 $ 61,091,611.43
EOF Ecofibre Limited 0.595 -23 $ 192,674,027.01
AME Alto Metals Limited 0.094 -22 $ 42,324,415.09
LAW Lawfinance Ltd 0.012 -20 $ 14,042,760.54
MRG Murray River Grp 0.18 -20 $ 7,940,725.74
TER Terracom Ltd 0.12 -20 $ 86,664,877.45
FPL Fremont Petroleum 0.004 -20 $ 18,714,050.08
NPM Newpeak Metals 0.002 -20 $ 11,348,322.60
TPS Threat Protect Ltd 0.025 -19 $ 6,023,906.95
SIX Sprintex Ltd 0.063 -19 $ 13,480,194.04
LPD Lepidico Ltd 0.013 -19 $ 72,630,317.65
PKD Parkd Ltd 0.05 -18 $ 5,210,406.92
JNO Juno 0.205 -18 $ 27,131,600.20
KNO Knosys Limited 0.115 -18 $ 19,580,376.91
GTE Great Western Exp. 0.14 -18 $ 19,067,728.54
QHL Quickstep Holdings 0.0445 -18 $ 32,232,120.48
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