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

On Stockhead today, where the best stocks in India lie, Neuren’s CEO on where to next after drug success, and iron ore imports soar in China.

Later today, the skilled job vacancies data for November will be released by the ABS.

And according to the ASX, there are no IPO listings due today.

TRADING HALTS

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

Wednesday

Cobram Estate Olives (ASX:CBO) – capital raising
ADX Energy (ASX:ADX) – capital raising
Vortiv (ASX:VOR) – capital raising
Icetana (ASX:ICE) – capital raising
Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR) – acquisition
Equus Mining (ASX:EQE) – capital raising
Anteris Technologies (ASX:AVR) – underwriting transaction of options

Thursday

Bio-Gene Technology (ASX:BGT) – capital raising
BPH Energy (ASX:BPH) – farm out
OreCorp (ASX:ORR) – special mining licence application
Kopore Metals (ASX:KMT) – capital raising
Epsilon (ASX:EPN) – capital raising
Environmental Group (ASX:EGL) – capital raising and business update
Orthocell (ASX:OCC) – study results
Alcidion (ASX:ALC) – acquisition and capital raising
OpenLearning (ASX:OLL) – capital raising
Canyon Resources (ASX:CAY) – mining convention

MARKETS (updated at 7.30am AEDT)

Gold: $US1,785.31 ($2,509.77) (+0.41%)

Silver: $US22.53 ($31.67) (+0.80%)

Oil (WTI): $US71.90 (+3.47%)

Oil (Brent): $US75.37 (+3.12%)

Coal: $US151.25 (-2.58%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US108.04 (+4.15%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7113 (+0.92%)

Bitcoin: $US50,862.00 ($71,501.29) (+3.52%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

AVZ’s plans for lithium world domination.

“Plans for world domination” $AVZ

How many lithium mines can justify that headline? https://t.co/uOhf27wExV

— Keaton (@keatsnz) December 6, 2021

And..who’s the real Satoshi Nakamoto?

Australian computer scientist and self-professed Bitcoin inventor Craig Steven Wright is promising big things after mostly winning a court case that could have cost him billions.https://t.co/t7tvruMkXr from @https://buff.ly/3dpqeIf pic.twitter.com/XaADPZuWTl

— Coinhead (@CoinheadAU) December 7, 2021

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TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
NEU	Neuren Pharmaceut.	3.25	91	9292005
BAS	Bass Oil Ltd	0.002	33	11775256
RVS	Revasum	0.585	33	449627
PH2	Pure Hydrogen Corp	0.52	25	8268446
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.0025	25	13442485
CGB	Cann Global Limited	0.0025	25	4878842
AHI	Adv Human Imag Ltd	1.09	25	1513549
EMP	Emperor Energy Ltd	0.051	24	1488987
IOU	Ioupay Limited	0.185	23	6836842
RMI	Resource Mining Corp	0.033	22	3111637
NNG	Nexion Group	0.18	20	454314
ADR	Adherium Ltd	0.012	20	2340364
BKT	Black Rock Mining	0.22	19	4807653
SKT	Sky Network	2	18	289098
RDS	Redstone Resources	0.013	18	1688386
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.027	17	468127
GFN	Gefen Int	0.59	17	498591
REZ	Resourc & En Grp Ltd	0.042	17	328676
TNT	Tesserent Limited	0.175	17	8554153
LCT	Living Cell Tech.	0.007	17	11412787
ABE	Ausbondexchange	0.615	16	845287
QXR	Qx Resources Limited	0.022	16	6114515
A1G	African Gold Ltd.	0.19	15	434512

Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX:NEU) nearly doubled off the back of its Phase III clinical trial results.

Australian East Coast clean energy company Pure Hydrogen (ASX:PH2), in conjunction with H2X Global, has launched a range of hydrogen fuel cell power generation units called Power H2 that can supply electricity without any emissions.

In resources, African Gold (ASX:A1G) rose after its latest exploration results.

TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow fell after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
WOO	Wooboard Tech Ltd	0.001	-33	250670
RD1	Registry Direct	0.027	-23	733312
EN1	Engage:Bdr Limited	0.002	-20	868
OAR	OAR Resources Ltd	0.008	-20	13601459
RBR	RBR Group Ltd	0.004	-20	515820
OEQ	Orion Equities	0.15	-19	41005
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.009	-18	50273852
GGX	Gas2Grid Limited	0.0025	-17	325540
OVT	Ovato Limited	0.0025	-17	17300
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.0025	-17	20000
NET	Netlinkz Limited	0.016	-16	5458011
HMG	Hamelingoldlimited	0.14	-15	393898
TKL	Traka Resources	0.012	-14	170000
TYX	Tyranna Res Ltd	0.006	-14	350000
AMO	Ambertech Limited	0.345	-14	868208
AVE	Avecho Biotech Ltd	0.013	-13	1678989
TRT	Todd River Res Ltd	0.08	-13	10373331
CNR	Cannon Resources	0.51	-13	212423
ROO	Roots Sustainable	0.007	-13	295188
CPN	Caspin Resources	1.14	-12	743650
KLR	Kaili Resources Ltd	0.029	-12	3300
TPSDD	Threat Protect Ltd	0.44	-12	2435
GMN	Gold Mountain Ltd	0.015	-12	6221735