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

On Stockhead today, the small caps that won May, iron ore bounces back, and nuclear fusion steps closer to reality.

But first… the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

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

Wednesday

Synertec (ASX:SOP) – business update
Surefire Resources (ASX:SRN) – drilling results
Valor Resources (ASX:VAL) – exploration results
Estrella Resources (ASX:ESR) – exploration results
Peregrine Gold (ASX:PGD) – exploration results
ReNu Energy (ASX:RNE) – capital raising
Invoin (ASX:IVX) – transaction
Artemis Resources (ASX:ARV) – capital raising
Wisr (ASX:WZR) – capital raising
NSX (ASX:NSX) – capital raising

Thursday 

Vonex (ASX:VN8) – acquisition
CI Resources (ASX:CII) – acquisition

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,900.17 ($2,452.45) (-0.32%)

Silver: $US27.89 ($36.00) (-0.59%)

Oil (WTI): $US67.72 (+1.18%)

Oil (Brent): $US70.60 (+1.85%)

Coal: $US109.33 (+0.30%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US204.90 (-0.40%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7746 (+0.14%)

Bitcoin: $US36,375.73 (-1.43%)

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YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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Hong Kong domiciled textiles company Merchant House (ASX:MHI) rose after declaring a dividend.

Telco Vonex (ASX:VN8) climbed after a business update. The company told shareholders that it has achieved 45,000 active PBX (private branch exchange) users and grew its SME customer by 27 per cent year-on-year to May.

And precious metals explorer Metalstech (ASX:MTC) rose after hitting a record intercept – 70m at 9.23g/t gold – at its Sturec mine in Slovakia.

YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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Traka Resources (ASX:TKL) fell after an exploration update.