On Stockhead today, ETFs – where they’re going in 2022. The energy sector – where it’s going in 2022. And stock markets – you get the picture.

But first … the day ahead.

Set to list at 12:30pm AEDT is base metals explorer Armada Metals (ASX:AMM). The company holds two exploration licences prospective for magmatic nickel-copper sulphide, covering a total area of 2,991sqkm in Gabon, Africa.

 

TRADING HALTS

Wednesday

Paterson Resources (ASX:PSL) – drill results
MinRex Resources (ASX:MRR) – capital raising
Harvest Technology (ASX:HTG) – capital raising
Tamaska Oil and Gas (ASX:TMK) – acquisition
PolarX (ASX:PXX) – capital raising
Thor Mining (ASX:THR) – capital raising
Mighty Kingdom (ASX:MKL) – capital raising
Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) – acquisition of dataset
Queensland Pacific Metals (ASX:QPM) – capital raising
MOQ (ASX:MOQ) – trading outlook
Palla Pharma (ASX:PAL) – strategic review

 

Thursday

Credit Clear (ASX:CCR) – capital raising
IDT Australia (ASX:IDT) – response to government mRNA announcement
Shekel Brainweigh (ASX:SBW) – capital raising
333D (ASX:T3D) – capital raising
CSL (ASX:CSL) – capital raising and acquisition
PepinNini (ASX:PNN) – capital raising
BNK Banking (ASX:BBC) – divestment transaction
MA Financial (ASX:MAF) – acquisition

 

MARKETS (updated at 7.30am AEDT)

Gold: $US1,771.71 ($2,493.33) (-0.85%)

Silver: $US21.95 ($30.89) (-1.61%)

Oil (WTI): $US70.53 (-1.07%)

Oil (Brent): $US73.52 (-1.17%)

Coal: $US170.75 (+2.86%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US107.04 (-1.35%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7105 (-0.33%)

Bitcoin: $US47,163.19 ($66,372.76) (+0.72%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Ankr’s liquid staking piqued your interest.


And Prospect’s (ASX:PSC) Arcadia lithium project.


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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.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
QGL Quantum Graphite 0.155 204 2505648
VRT Virtus Health Ltd 7.01 35 19550851
PCL Pancontinental Energ 0.002 33 149187946
TMS Tennant Minerals Ltd 0.033 32 7313695
XAM Xanadu Mines Ltd 0.033 27 6369006
HPC Thehydration 0.355 22 3213310
GMR Golden Rim Resources 0.105 18 2481413
3DP Pointerra Limited 0.405 17 2527180
SIT Site Group Int Ltd 0.007 17 1455000
HGO Hillgrove Res Ltd 0.064 16 12478466
PNV Polynovo Limited 1.57 15 6955216
EIQ Echoiq Ltd 0.155 15 624742
ICN Icon Energy Limited 0.016 14 204503
RIM Rimfire Pacific 0.008 14 582423
BKY Berkeley Energia Ltd 0.16 14 516151
KPO Kalina Power Limited 0.024 14 1897946
EQR Eq Resources Limited 0.057 14 8724090
WTL Wt Financial Grp Ltd 0.09 14 341093
KZR Kalamazoo Resources 0.385 13 463030
E25 Element 25 Ltd 1.205 13 326321
AXP AXP Energy Ltd 0.009 13 5721345
TPD Talon Energy Ltd 0.009 13 9736140
XRG Xreality Group Ltd 0.065 12 1338466
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Virtus Health (ASX:VRT) climbed off the back of a takeover bid from private equity group BGH this morning where it valued the company at $7.10 a share.

Geospatial cloud-based data-as-a-service company, Pointerra (ASX:3DP), unveiled some major contracts with new and existing US energy utility customers.

Medical device company PolyNovo (ASX:PNV) also rose in the wake of some good news out of the US, where it’s beefing up its sales team and reported monthly sales in November of US$1.97m, just off July’s record high of US$1.97m.

The Hydration Pharmaceuticals Company (ASX:HPC) gained over 20% on its ASX debut today.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
AJM Altura Mining Ltd 0.015 -76 307852566
CDD Cardno Limited 0.21 -55 16531634
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.002 -33 3094586
VPR Volt Power Group 0.002 -33 100000
JAV Javelin Minerals Ltd 0.0015 -25 2000000
OEX Oilex Ltd 0.003 -25 2104000
EN1 Engage:Bdr Limited 0.002 -20 833321
MSB Mesoblast Limited 1.405 -17 9666180
RCP Redbank Copper Ltd 0.048 -14 1196972
AVE Avecho Biotech Ltd 0.013 -13 4953561
ALM Alma Metals Ltd 0.034 -13 449227
RNX Renegade Exploration 0.007 -13 4685686
TRN Torrens Mining 0.175 -13 963574
SIX Sprintex Ltd 0.06 -12 1492136
TGN Tungsten Min NL 0.115 -12 134610
LCY Legacy Iron Ore 0.024 -11 3321104
MNB Minbos Resources Ltd 0.12 -11 2877849
PAK Pacific American Hld 0.016 -11 802027
PRM Prominence Energy 0.008 -11 2352102
ROG Red Sky Energy. 0.008 -11 18060152
TSC Twenty Seven Co. Ltd 0.004 -11 3509260
XST Xstate Resources 0.004 -11 220000
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Biotech Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) fell after telling shareholders Novartis was walking away from its agreement with the company to advance Mesoblast’s COVID-19 treatment candidate which had potential to be worth up to US$50 million.