On Stockhead today — $100k Bitcoin, $5k Ethereum: what 5 Aussie crypto traders predict for the coming year, some Metaverse stock picks, and could coal be 2022’s most lucrative investment?

Plus, much more.

 

But first … the day ahead.

Yesterday’s trading was bad, like ‘worst day in 16 months’ bad. Will today be better?

 

That’s a soft maybe.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Iris Metals (ASX:IR1) – proposed material acquisition
Hiremii (ASX:HMI) – capital raising
Connected IO (ASX:CIO) – vote on asset sale
333D (ASX:T3D) – ASX price query

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,798.85 ($2,507.92) (-0.62%)

Silver: $US22.26 ($31.02) (-2.61%)

Oil (WTI): $US78.74 (+0.89%)

Oil (Brent): $US81.61 (+1.00%)

Coal: $US193 (+7.22%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US124.14 (+2.67%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7172 (-0.69%)

Bitcoin: $US442,686.70 ($59,518.92) (-1.24%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Big gold hits always turn heads.

 

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YESTERDAY’S WINNERS

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

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Larvotto Resources (ASX:LRV) plans to kick start lithium and base metal exploration through a soil geochemical sampling project at its Eyre Project.

Manganese miner Element 25 (ASX:25) has completed maintenance and engineer improvement works at the site of its Butcherbird Manganese Project, and hit a record daily production result of 1209t of manganese concentrate on January 3.

Biotech company Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:ATH) surged after it revealed the United States Patent and Trademark Office had granted the company a new patent for compounds in relation to neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

And Marquee Resources (ASX:MQR) hit ‘outstanding’ high-grade copper of up to 18.5% and gold of up to 10.4 g/t at its Lone Star Project in Washington State, US where results from the first two diamond holes as part of a 6,000m have been received.

 

YESTERDAY’S LOSERS

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

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