On Stockhead today, the most in-demand stocks on the ASX right now, why mining is struggling to keep women in jobs, and the all-electric, 5-seater air taxis coming to your city by 2025.

But first, here’s what you need to know about the week ahead.

 

The week ahead in data

Well, obviously the biggest data drop over the weekend was the Swan’s five-point win ScoMo stealing the election – and by quite a margin. We’ll have some updates on what that might means for the ASX small caps later.

Outside of that, there’s not a great deal of data being released this week. The minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s most recent interest rates decision meeting, along with a speech by RBA governor Philip Lowe, occur on Tuesday, followed by month-on-month economic data from Westpac.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction data on Wednesday, labour force data on Thursday and a health literacy report on Friday.

We will keep you abreast of overseas news happening as well, in particular that pesky trade war between China and the US.

 

Company news

For a wrap of companies with shares coming out of escrow this week, click here. Three companies are releasing shares today:

  • Ecofibre (ASX:EOF) – 1,722
  • Hydrix (ASX:HYD) – 25,000,000
  • SRG Global (ASX:SRG) – 3,413,580

The following eight companies have shares coming out of a trading halt in the next 48 hours:

Monday:

  • Mako Gold (ASX:MKG) – capital raising
  • eSports Mogul (ASX:ESH) – capital raising
  • Otto Energy (ASX:OEL) – exploration update
  • Great Western Exploration (ASX:GTE) – capital raising

Tuesday:

  • Elsight (ASX:ELS) – clarification of investor presentation
  • GWR Group (ASX:GWR) – drilling update
  • Millenium Minerals (ASX:MOY) – capital raising
  • LBT Innovations (ASX:LBT) – US FDA submission

 

Commodities

Gold: $US1,277.15 ($1,849.47) -0.72%

Silver: $US14.39 -1.13%

Oil (Brent): $US72.21 -0.56%

Oil (WTI): $US62.76 -0.18%

Coal: $US83.10 +0.12%

Iron ore 62pc fe: $US96.34 +0.22%

AUD/USD: $US0.6908
 

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What got you talking last week

The biggest conversation on the Stockhead Facebook chat forum last week was a simple one: what’s your preferred trading platform? Jump on the forum at the link and let us know what you use and why!

These were the five most-discussed stocks on trading gossip forum HotCopper at close on Friday:

 

Last week’s winners

Has Crowd Media (ASX: CM8) turned things around?

The struggling global media and marketing company has secured some big marketing contracts with a number of international brands including PJ Masks (popular kids TV series), Expedia (leading travel website), N26 (leading European Fintech challenger bank) and Pasta Garofalo (Italy’s leading pasta brand).

This was enough to send the share price up 131 per cent this week to 3.7c.

Shares in bug killing biotech Zoono (ASX:ZNO) rose 112 per cent this week to 17c following successful trials of its antimicrobial product in chicken farms, as well as receiving a purchase order for $33m worth of ZPP.

Results showed that pathogen levels inside a shed treated with Zoono’s Z71 Microbe Shield (ZPP) were 87 per cent lower than an untreated shed, and that the average bird weighed 60 grams more despite eating 10 per cent less food.

Chase Mining (ASX:CML) was this week’s third-biggest winner, up 110 per cent to 3.8c, after completing a successful mining survey.

The survey outlined potential for several significant massive sulphide conductors, the company said, supporting its view that there is the potential for a significant nickel discovery within the Belleterre Angliers greenstone belt.

Ticker Name Price last Friday Price this Friday % change Market cap
CM8 CROWD MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD 0.016 0.037 131 $ 8,634,410
ZNO ZOONO GROUP LTD 0.078 0.170 112 $ 26,946,596
CML CHASE MINING CORPORATION LTD 0.020 0.038 110 $ 8,692,401
VAR VARISCAN MINES LTD 0.001 0.002 100 $ 2,542,147
AKN AUKING MINING LTD 0.001 0.002 100 $ 1,865,169
ABT ADVANCED BRAKING TECHNOLOGY 0.007 0.013 86 $ 3,861,647
CCA CHANGE FINANCIAL LTD 0.044 0.070 82 $ 7,907,491
YOJ YOJEE LTD 0.073 0.115 51 $ 93,218,400
MGT MAGNETITE MINES LTD 0.004 0.006 50 $ 4,791,899
PCH PROPERTY CONNECT HOLDINGS 0.002 0.003 50 $ 2,057,590
TRM TRUSCOTT MINING CORP LTD 0.008 0.012 50 $ 1,414,099
AHN ATHENA RESOURCES LTD 0.009 0.013 44 $ 3,522,362
RAC RACE ONCOLOGY LTD 0.057 0.082 44 $ 6,743,337
KKL KOLLAKORN CORP LTD 0.007 0.010 43 $ 2,097,772
AND ANDROMEDA METALS LTD 0.007 0.010 43 $ 13,554,992
AL8 ALDERAN RESOURCES LTD 0.032 0.045 41 $ 5,832,401
DCC DIGITALX LTD 0.061 0.080 39 $ 46,665,504
SP3 SPECTUR LTD 0.140 0.195 39 $ 10,965,947
ARM AURORA MINERALS LTD 0.011 0.015 36 $ 1,756,999
PWN PARKWAY MINERALS NL 0.003 0.004 33 $ 2,433,308
BUY BOUNTY OIL & GAS NL 0.003 0.004 33 $ 3,813,604
UWL UNITI WIRELESS LTD 0.615 0.87 33 $ 107,439,320
AJJ ASIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL GROUP 0.09 0.12 33 $ 40,530,332
IBN IBUYNEW GROUP LTD 0.023 0.03 30 $ 653,805
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Last week’s losers

It was a tough week for Living Cell (ASX:LCT), which fell 51 per cent to 2.9c after revealing a mixed bag of results around its Parkinson’s treatment, NTCELL.

In January, four-year results from the phase 1 and phase 2a studies showed it mostly worked and was safe.

But results from the middle group in its phase 2b study that showed people who had 40 capsules implanted in their brains showed no difference from the placebo.

Also falling was skydive operator Experience Co (ASX:EXP), down 23 per cent to 21.5c after releasing a revenue downgrade, with expectations it will be 4 per cent lower than previously outlined. This has been attributed to less people flying into Cairns to have fun holidays.

Ticker Name Price last Friday Price this Friday % change Market cap
COY COPPERMOLY LTD 0.010 0.008 -20 $ 13,784,347
DAF DISCOVERY AFRICA LTD 0.010 0.008 -20 $ 1,457,878
FGO FLAMINGO AI LTD 0.007 0.006 -20 $ 6,720,766
TDO 3D OIL LTD 0.125 0.095 -20 $ 26,518,838
NAG NAGAMBIE RESOURCES LTD 0.050 0.040 -20 $ 17,496,312
WWG WISEWAY GROUP LTD 0.300 0.235 -22 $ 28,452,390
QFY QUANTIFY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 0.009 0.008 -22 $ 6,824,935
EXP EXPERIENCE CO LTD 0.300 0.215 -23 $ 127,836,720
TNO TANDO RESOURCES LTD 0.100 0.076 -24 $ 14,799,107
PWN PARKWAY MINERALS NL 0.004 0.003 -25 $ 1,824,981
UTR ULTRACHARGE LTD 0.004 0.004 -25 $ 3,220,142
CAD CAENEUS MINERALS LTD 0.002 0.002 -25 $ 2,792,948
CIO CONNECTED IO LTD 0.004 0.003 -25 $ 5,439,255
AU1 AGENCY GROUP AUSTRALIA LTD 0.115 0.086 -25 $ 8,927,664
ABT ABUNDANT PRODUCE LTD 0.070 0.052 -26 $ 3,151,763
NGY NUENERGY GAS LTD 0.019 0.014 -26 $ 20,733,376
VAL VALOR RESOURCES LTD 0.005 0.004 -27 $ 7,572,769
AYR ALLOY RESOURCES LTD 0.003 0.002 -33 $ 3,386,555
SRN SUREFIRE RESOURCES NL 0.006 0.004 -33 $ 2,012,615
PPY PAPYRUS AUSTRALIA LTD 0.010 0.005 -50 $ 1,155,748
LCT LIVING CELL TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.055 0.029 -51 $ 15,428,906
CMC CHINA MAGNESIUM CORP LTD 0.035 0.020 -43 $ 9,248,771
ICU ISENTRIC LTD 0.012 0.006 -50 $ 1,101,930
TMK TAMASKA OIL & GAS LTD 0.002 0.001 -50 $ 1,960,000
ACW ACTINOGEN MEDICAL LTD 0.048 0.015 -69 $ 16,788,470
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That’s all you need to know. Welcome to your brave new world..

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