On Stockhead today, BNPLs winningest in ASX July winners list, Dean Fergie’s top 3 contrarian tech stock picks, and how to speak Diggers and Dealers.

But first … the day ahead.

Local shares are set to open lower today. At 8am AEDT, the ASX 200 August futures is pointing down by 0.25%.

TRADING HALTS

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

 

Lanthanein Resources (ASX:LNR) – capital raising pending.

Total Brain (ASX:TTB) – pending an announcement in relation to a significant transaction.

Critical Resources (ASX:CRR) –an announcement regarding results from its Mavis Lake drilling program.

Mighty Kingdom (ASX:MKL) – another one capital raising.

Change Financial (ASX:CCA) – and another capital raising.

Kula Gold (ASX:KGD) – you guessed it, a capital raising in the works!

Indiana Resources (ASX:IDA) – ooh this one is pending rare earths element assay results from the Central Gawler Project.

ADX Energy (ASX:ADX) – and back to capital raising.

ImExHs (ASX:IME) – and one more capital raising to round it out.

 

COMMODITY/ FOREX/ CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,769.33 (+0.38%)

Silver: $US20.31 (+0.15%)

Nickel (3mth): $US24,360 /t (+3.14%)

Copper (3mth): $US7,800.50/t (-1.48%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 30): $US69,750/t

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 30): $US70,875/t

Oil (WTI): $US94.00 (-4.67%)

Oil (Brent): $US100.08 (-3.73%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US114.35 (+.6.65%)

AUD/USD: 0.7027 (+0.60%)

Bitcoin: $US23,035 (-2.53%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Galan Lithium (ASX:GLN) found some pegmatites at its Greenbushes South JV with Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT).


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YESTERDAY’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
CBE Cobre 0.215 150% 43243418
PX1 Plexure Group 0.31 82% 239249
ALT Analytica Limited 0.0015 50% 538747
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.0015 0% 3084872
WBE Whitebark Energy 0.003 50% 499999
FXG Felix Gold Limited 0.145 45% 598979
1ST 1St Group Ltd 0.01 43% 197939
SIT Site Group Int Ltd 0.004 33% 1523737
LIN Lindian Resources 0.18 33% 10199246
BDG Black Dragon Gold 0.06 30% 244160
WWG Wisewaygroupltd 0.125 29% 40858
CDD Cardno Limited 0.4 25% 189241
LNY Laneway Res Ltd 0.005 11% 867975
MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.005 25% 4374348
SBR Sabre Resources 0.005 25% 1350077
QAL Qualitaslimited 2.07 24% 273993
AUR Auris Minerals Ltd 0.022 22% 23701
RXH Rewardle Holding Ltd 0.011 22% 236113
FGL Frugl Group Limited 0.018 20% 337554
AEV Avenira Limited 0.012 20% 539114
JTL Jayex Technology Ltd 0.006 20% 1120000
OAR OAR Resources Ltd 0.006 20% 19008656
TYX Tyranna Res Ltd 0.031 19% 31559098
HMG Hamelingoldlimited 0.1425 19% 3252
STN Saturn Metals 0.345 17% 387882
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Plexure Group (ASX:PX1) and the makers of some quite wonderful products, McDonald’s Corporation, will be continuing their bro-ham approach to digital customer engagement. Plexure provides the platform and the unique data-driven capabilities while Macca’s has the 147 million customer daily interactions.

Plexure Group CEO Dan Houden was sounding keen too.

“(PX1) looks forward to working collaboratively toward our mutual goal of delivering excellent experiences for McDonald’s customers through our world-leading customer engagement platform.”

And Cobre (ASX:CBE) delivered another new copper intersection with ‘abundant chalcocite mineralisation’. Chalcocite is an important copper ore mineral.

CBE made headlines last week with another discovery at the Ngami Project within the Kalahari Copper Belt of Botswana.

This hole – NCP08 – was drilled 1km southwest of last week’s hole, NCP07, where copper mineralisation is occurring over a 25m interval downhole with a significant increase in chalcocite mineralisation over a 12m interval.

CBE executive chairman and managing director Martin Holland says the project is demonstrating “exceptional promise”.

“This has been a phenomenal start to our drilling program, which includes a total of 57 high-priority targets, and is only just the beginning,” he says.

The explorer has found 115% over the past month.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

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

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Code Company Price % Market Cap
KZA Kazia Therapeutics 0.24 -53% 2,609,438
PEB Pacific Edge 0.44 -33% 81,565
IVO Invigor Group Ltd 0.013 -24% 655,987
SPX Spenda Limited 0.013 -24% 27,569,824
LBY Laybuy Group Holding 0.09 -22% 8,991,458
AHN Athena Resources 0.011 -21% 15,582,749
DW8 DW8 Limited 0.015 -21% 13,640,761
AYT Austin Metals Ltd 0.008 -20% 4,294,075
CFO Cfoam Limited 0.004 -20% 1,100,000
MBK Metal Bank Ltd 0.004 -20% 6,826,093
IKW Ikwezi Mining Ltd 1.28 -17% 18,207
IOU Ioupay Limited 0.091 -17% 13,270,375
UMG United Malt Group 3.04 -17% 4,460,493
JAY Jayride Group 0.17 -17% 120,151
AFW Applyflow Limited 0.0025 -17% 2,356,542
AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.005 -17% 376,838
GMN Gold Mountain Ltd 0.005 -17% 123,288
MGG Mogul Games Grp Ltd 0.0025 -17% 920,285
PRM Prominence Energy 0.0025 -17% 8,676,211
SIH Sihayo Gold Limited 0.0025 -17% 2,863,999
XST Xstate Resources 0.0025 -17% 200,000
PFT Pure Foods Tas Ltd 0.185 -16% 327,952
ABB Aussie Broadband 3.05 -16% 8,473,682
SKS SKS Tech Group Ltd 0.16 -16% 62,900
AUA Audeara 0.11 -15% 23,000
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After climbing as high as 15% on Friday, Pure Foods Tasmania (ASX:PFT), the purveyors of fine Tassie-crafted food and drinks, are undertaking a one-for-three entitlement offer to raise circa $3.4m.

Down about 20% on Monday, the fall comes after PFT completed its placement last week and raised $2.55m via the issue of some 15.45 million shares to institutional and sophisticated investors at a price of 16.5 cents.

Now it’s a food and drink race to accelerate growth by “investing in working capital, new products and marketing, drive production efficiencies and invest in product expansion.”