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

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On Stockhead today, history’s s**ttest mining deals, 8 ASX stocks with AGM season ‘upside risk’, and BNPLs facing a risky hit.

But first … the day ahead.

ANZ and Roy Morgan jointly release the weekly consumer confidence index, which has hit 14-week highs.

 

WHO’S LISTING?

Scheduled to list today are asset management group GQG Partners (ASX:GQG) at 12:30pm AEDT.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the next two trading days:

Tuesday

Over the Wire Holdings (ASX:OTW) – takeover speculation
Kingston Resources (ASX:KSN) – possible transaction
Identitii (ASX:ID8) – capital raising
Metal Bank (ASX:MBK) – capital raising

Wednesday

Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) – update on Bluff PCI Mine acquisition
Sparc Technologies (ASX:SPN) – capital raising
Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) – earnings downgrade
Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) – downstream joint venture
Estrella Resources (ASX:ESR) – exploration update
Tesoro Resources (ASX:TSO) – capital raising
Chase Mining (ASX:CML) – capital raising
Impedimed (ASX:IPD) – capital raising

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,806.50 ($2,410.77) (+0.78%)

Silver: $US24.56 ($32.78) (+1.02%)

Oil (WTI): $US83.52 (-0.29%)

Oil (Brent): $US85.80 (+0.32%)

Coal: $US230.00 (+0.66%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US122.06 (-0.36%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7421 (+0.09%)

Bitcoin: $US62,724.36 ($83,705.60) (+3.26%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Prices for Nymex and Brent crude hit 7- and 3-year highs last week.

“Should the upward momentum in crude oil prices continue, this could spur a ‘catch up’ rally in Aussie energy stocks at the back-end of 2021,” says CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman.

A good time to be an ASX oil and gas company.

 

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YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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Alicanto Minerals (ASX:AQI) dusted off incredible historic intersections like 87m grading 5.3% zinc and 40g/t silver at the ‘Sala’ project in Sweden.

Bug killer Bio-Gene Technology (ASX:BGT) signed a commercial agreement with Evergreen Garden Care.

Digital marketing firm Rewardle (ASX:RXH) announced a new integration into its app.

Buxton Resources (ASX:BUX) has received interest in buying its Copper Wolf porphyry project in Arizona even though it stopped short of explicitly saying it would sell the project – for now.

And esports developer Playside Studios (ASX:PLY) rose after its quarterly, in which it reported record revenues.

 

YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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Prominence Energy (ASX:PRM) and Dalaroo Metals (ASX:DAL) both fell on exploration updates.

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