On Stockhead today, all the best ASX resources stocks from October, beaten down tech stocks itching for a takeover, and the most recession proof investments of all – death stocks.

But first … the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Taruga Minerals (ASX:TAR) – Capital raise

Tombola Gold (ASX:TBA) – Capital raise

Winsome (ASX:WR1) – That’s a self-halt

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,654.14 (+0.40%)

Silver: $US19.69 (+0.24%)

Nickel (3mth): $US23,600/t

Copper (3mth): $US7,652/t

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, OCT 19): $US72,875/t (+111.6% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, OCT 19): $US71,900/t (+151.9% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US88.868 (+0.56%)

Oil (Brent): $US94.930 (+0.30%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US81.50 (-0.61%)

AUD/USD: 0.64191 (+0.38%)

Bitcoin: $US20,452.42 (-0.67%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

No surprise that lithium was the winning commodity for October:

 

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YESTERDAY’s BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

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The big news winner was Winsome (ASX:WR1) despite a confusing few days.

The company recently clarified the confusion regarding a 160m pegmatite intersection below the recently discovered and well mineralised Jamar outcrop at the Adina Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada.

Trade was paused after it became clear that there was something amiss. Winsome then produced another statement retracting this and then overnight put out another announcement which included some tables it forgot before again jumping into a trading halt pending the company’s response to an ASX price query.

Argonaut Resources (ASX:ARE) announced that fieldwork has led to the discovery of additional, large Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum Pegmatites (LCT Pegmatites) within the Darson pegmatite swarm at ARE’s 80% held Higginsville project in Western Australia.

The pegmatite swarm extends over an aggregate strike length of two kilometres and samples have been submitted for analysis.

And recently listed Atlantic Lithium (ASX:A11) reported its highest-grade assay to date of 4.52% Li2O over 1m from 54m as well as 3.99% Li2O from 53m at the Ewoyaa Lithium Project in Ghana, West Africa.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

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HitIQ (ASX:HIQ) was the biggest loser, despite winning a landmark two-year software licence agreement with England’s Premier League to provide concussion assessment technology.