On Stockhead today, the ASX gold juniors aiming for first pour in 2022, the ridiculous rise of EVs, and three IPOs to watch in fintech and renewables.

But first … the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies went into halts on Monday and are due out in the coming days.

Rectifier Technologies (ASX:RFT) – pending analysis of receipt.

WA Kaolin (ASX:WAK) – pending capital raise

iCandy Interactive (ASX:ICI)  – pending acquisition

 

MARKETS (updated at 7.30am AEDT)

Gold: $US1,827.50 ($2,558.45) (+0.40%)

Silver: $US23.21 (+0.95%)

Oil (WTI): $US89.30 (-2.21%)

Oil (Brent): $US90.74 (-2.10%)

Coal: $US241 (+0.00%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US148.83 (-0.85%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7143 (+0.24%)

Bitcoin: $US43,175 (-2.36%)

ASX 200 Mar Futures: 7,087 (+0.04%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Here’s the travel stocks ready and roaring for re-opening.


And Solis Minerals (ASX:SLM) nabs a mention in Res Top 5.


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YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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

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iCandy Interactive (ASX: ICI)  snapped up a 51% stake in Asia-based digital gamers Storms for $8 million of newly issued iCandy shares. ICI is more than 7% higher.

And then the shares in ReNu Energy (ASX:RNE) rallied in afternoon trade – up over 5% – after announcing it’s done its 100% acquisition of Countrywide Renewable Hydrogen (CRH).

The CRH backstory: it originates green hydrogen projects with a view to developing them in collaboration with project partners and governments, initially targeting domestic demand and where viable, expanding to meet future export demand. CRH shares are also up over 5%.

WA1 Resources (WA1:ASX) has finally listed and the copper and gold explorer has rocked it. Up more than 27% after it raised $4.5 million at its initial public offer price of 20¢ per share, the digger plans to get on the ground fast at its projects in WA.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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PlaySide Studios (ASX:PLY) shares were down about 15% at 3.30pm.

The Aussie gaming studio says a technical glitch left its big time non-fungible tokens sold for whatever ‘minimal consideration’ is supposed to mean.

The downer follows PLY’s $8.5m sale of 7777 Beans NFTs, based on some cartoon characters from the ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ game.

PlaySide says there won’t be any long-term impacts from this issue nor will there be any material change to revenues earned from the original mint, given the strong secondary market volume.