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

On Stockhead today, the titanium producer going large in the US, has Apple ended Afterpay’s run, and all you need to know about the heliums.
But first … the day ahead.

Scheduled to list today is Kalgoorlie gold explorer Mt Monger Resources (ASX:MTM).

TRADING HALTS

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

Thursday

Castillo Copper (ASX:CCZ) – exploration results
Tian Poh Resources (ASX:TPO) – director appointment
Swift Media (ASX:SW1) – price query

Friday

Whitefield (ASX:WHF) – capital raising
Matsa Resources (ASX:MAT) – capital raising
EROAD (ASX:ERD) – capital raising
Carnavale Resources (ASX:CAV) – drilling results
Los Cerros (ASX:LCL) – capital raising
OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) – Didipio Mine update

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,827.25 ($2,442.08) (+1.10%)

Silver: $US26.24 ($35.07) (+1.09%)

Oil (WTI): $US72.91 (-3.11%)

Oil (Brent): $US74.59 (-2.48%)

Coal: $US142.70 (+1.05%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US217.94 (-0.15%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7479 (+0.46%)

Bitcoin: $US32,896.96 (+1.31%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Sky News and CNBC business journalist Oriel Morrison interviews Rick Rule, well-known mining investor and president & CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings.

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YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade.

Topping the charts was new IPO Balkan Mining (ASX:BMM) which gained 80 per cent. This company is a spin-out of Jadar Resources’ (ASX:JDR) Serbian lithium and borate assets.

Coal company Bathurst Resources (ASX:BRL) rose after putting to bed a four-and-a-half year legal battle.

The $18m market cap explorer Alara Resources (ASX:AUQ) picked up more ground and scored crucial approvals at its advanced 51%-owned ‘Wash-hi Al Majaza’ copper-gold project in the little-known jurisdiction of Oman.

YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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One major laggard was  Zip Co (ASX:Z1P). The BNPL sector was rocked with Bloomberg reporting Apple was seeking to enter the space.