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

On Stockhead today, Deep Yellow’s John Borshoff on why the uranium sector is broken, Stanmore Coal in play for BHP’s $2bn coal mines, and all you need to know about Polkadot.

But first… the day ahead.

Today the National Skills Commission will issue preliminary results for the October Internet Vacancy Index.

Commsec says skilled job vacancies rebounded by 4.9 per cent in September.

And SiteMinder (ASX:SDR), an open hotel commerce platform, will be listing at 11:00am AEDT under the ticker SDR.

Founded in 2006, SiteMinder’s technology provides a platform to integrate the internal management systems of individual hotels with booking sites.

TRADING HALTS

Monday

Amplia Therapeutics (ASX:ATX) – capital raising
Hiremii (ASX:HMI) – acquisition
Aurora Labs (ASX:A3D) – capital raising
Strickland Metals (ASX:STK) – capital raising

Tuesday 

Okapi Resources (ASX:OKR) – acquisition
TNG (ASX:TNG) – capital raising
TZ (ASX:TZL) – capital raising
SenSen Networks (ASX:SNS) – capital raising
Corella Resources (ASX:CR9) – JORC mineral resource estimate.

MARKETS (prices updated at 7.30am AEDT)

Gold: US$1,818.05 (A$2,458.80) (+1.47%)

Silver: US$24.15 (A$32.66) (+1.58%)

Oil (WTI): US$81.17 (+2.99%)

Oil (Brent): US$82.42 (+2.33%)

Coal: US$155.40 (+0.42%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$94.43 (-2.82%)

AUD/USD: US$0.7400 (+0.01%)

Bitcoin: US$62,293.64 (A$84,248.41) (+1.80%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING LAST WEEK?

Stockheads top 10 at 10 got you talkin’, a highlight of the best and worst performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. Yes, live!

$VTI $LNK $MQR $BYH https://t.co/DT2NmCqUN8

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) November 4, 2021

And a run-down of 11 ASX resource stocks bosses telling us what they think makes their company a good investment.

Via @StockheadAU – We ask 11 ASX resources stocks — what makes your company a good investment? $WAKhttps://t.co/vzmCGGieGi

— WA Kaolin (@WAKaolin) November 5, 2021

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Also, be sure to check in at 10.20am each day for our daily ‘10 at 10’ column — a live summary of winners & losers at the opening bell.

LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Marquee Resources (ASX:MQR) unveiled earn-in agreements for the Kibby Basin Lithium project as well as the Lone Star Copper-Gold Mine in Nevada and Washington State respectively.

Bryah Resources (ASX:BYH) told shareholders it had picked up new tenure at Lake Johnston in WA  prospective for lithium and nickel.

AIC Mines (ASX:A1M) has come out of a months-long trading halt after finalising the ‘transformational’ acquisition of the ‘Eloise’ copper mine for ~$25m in cash and shares.

LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Stellar Resources (ASX:SRZ) fell after a drilling update.

Cann Global (ASX:CGB) dropped as a capital raising took effect.