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

On Stockhead today, who won the ASX small caps race in October, Rick Rule on the silver bull-run, and who loses when the housing bubble pops?

But first … the day ahead.

The ASX is still open today despite it being Melbourne Cup Day – an official public holiday in Victoria and unofficial half day off in other states.

Set to list at 12pm AEST is virtual plant technology and engineering service provider RemSense Technologies (ASX:REM) followed at 1:30pm AEST by gold explorer Aurum Resources (ASX:AUE) – a spin-off of Aldoro Resources’ (ASX:ARN)Penny’s South, Unaly Hill South and Ryan’s Find projects.

TRADING HALTS

Tuesday

SciDev (ASX:SDV) – capital raising
Field Solutions (ASX:FSG) – acquisition
Mayfield Childcare (ASX:MFD) – acquisition and capital raising
Australian Potash (ASX:APC) – capital raising
S2 Resources (ASX:S2R) – exploration operations update
Sprintex (ASX:SIX) – capital raising
Pioneer Credit (ASX:PNC) – refinancing
Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN) – capital raising
Arizona Lithium (ASX:AZL) – capital raising
Spacetalk (ASX:SPA) – capital raising
Macquarie (ASX:MQG)– capital raising

Wednesday

EP&T Global (ASX:EPX) – capital raising
Marquee Resources (ASX:MQR) – potential project acquisitions
Siren Gold (ASX:SNG) – capital raising
Meteoric Resources (ASX:MEI) – capital raising
Ingenia Communities Group (ASX:INA) – capital raising
Arcadia Minerals (ASX:AM7) – lithium acquisition
Traffic Technologies (ASX:TTI) – capital raising
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX:PAR) – regulatory review

MARKETS (prices updated at 7am AEST)

Gold: $US1,793.39 ($2,385.00) (+0.59%)

Silver: $US24.02 ($31.94) (+0.73%)

Oil (WTI): $US83.89 (+0.36%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.50 (+0.92%)

Coal: $US150.00 (-32.87%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US102.58 (-15.38%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7519 (-0.03%)

Bitcoin: $US61,237.02 ($81,438.19) (+0.63%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Lithium prices are at historic levels.

And these lithium players in the Resources Top 5.

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YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Prime Media (ASX:PRT) rose off the back of a $131.9 million takeover bid from Seven West Media (ASX:SWM).

A “heavily overbid” $13.6m cap rise will fast-track exploration at Global Lithium Resources’ (ASX:GL1) Marble Bar Lithium Project (MBLP) in 2022, the Pilbara based company says.

As part of the placement, Yibin Tianyi — the lithium chemical arm of world’s largest EV battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) – will invest $6.2 million for a 9.9% interest in GL1.

Small cap gas play Vintage Energy (ASX:VEN) rose thanks to an upgrade to its reserves for the Vali Field – more than triple its previous estimates.

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Antisense Therapeutics (ASX:ANP) and Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX) fell after their respective capital raisings.