Rise & Shine: What you need to know before the ASX opens

On Stockhead today, the major oilies want to help Australia build a big hydrogen industry, the private eSports company that wants to disrupt the industry and Osteopore is on track to win the title of 2019’s best performing IPO.

But first:

The day ahead

Today the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will make its decision on interest rates, following a swathe of cuts around the world.

ANZ analysts are predicting stability, ahead of forecast quarter-percentage cuts in the following three terms. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is also dropping fresh agriculture, trade and engineering data.

Just four more days until the AFL Grand Final!

The following companies are in trading halts or suspensions and are expected to exit within the next 48 hours:

Wednesday: 

Metals Australia (ASX:MLS) – potential acquisition

Stavely Minerals (ASX:SVY) – drilling results

Krakatoa Resources (ASX:KTA) – acquisition & capital raising

HotCopper Holdings (ASX:HOT) – acquisition

White Rock Minerals (ASX:WRM) – capital raising

Surefire Resources (ASX:SRN) – capital raising

Family Zone Cyber Safety (ASX:FZO) – capital raising

Kibaran Resources (ASX:KNL) – capital raising

Hexagon Resources (ASX:HXG) – acquisition

Smiles Inclusive (ASX:SIL) – capital raising

Thursday: 

Firstwave Cloud Technology (ASX:FCT) – capital raising

Vault Intelligence (ASX:VLT) – capital raising

Whitebark Energy (ASX:WBE) – capital raising

Golden Deeps (ASX:GED) – capital raising

Focus Minerals (ASX:FML) – project sale

Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) – acquisition

Markets

Gold: $US1,530.97 ($2,251.01) (+0.61%)

Silver: $US18.61 (-0.09%)

Oil (WTI): $US56.90 (-3.14%)

Oil (Brent): $US62.43 (-3.64%)

Coal: $US68.97 (-0.19%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US93.21 (-0.30%)

AUD/USD: $US0.6802 (+0.01%)

Bitcoin: $US8,766.37 (-9.49%)

What got you talking yesterday

Increasing demand for rare earths, particularly high-value minerals such as neodymium and praseodymium, has put pressure on downstream consumers to secure supplies. https://t.co/oPg2kQvFW0 #ad #asx $ARU

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) September 24, 2019

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These were the five most-tipped stocks (weekly) on Stocks in Play:

This was the movement among ASX sectors yesterday:

Energy -0.25%

Materials -0.42%

Industrials -0.46%

Consumer discretionary +0.59%

Consumer staples -0.46%

Healthcare +0.54%

Financial +0.34%

IT -1.12%

Communication services -0.92%

Utilities -0.00%

Yesterday’s winners

Yesterday’s losers