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

On Stockhead today: five water treatment stocks surge 260 per cent in a year, the ASX’s most intriguing bargain barrel stocks, the five 2019 IPO stocks delivering triple returns and Dorado-3 oil flow gets Carnarvon on track.

But first:

The day ahead

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

Today:

Smart Marine Systems (ASX:SM8) – acquisition

Orthocell (ASX:OCC) – clinical trial update

DXN (ASX:DXN) – capital raising

Sealink Travel Group (ASX:SLK) – acquisition & capital raising

iCandy Interactive (ASX:ICI) – proposed investment

Thursday:

Golden Mile Resources (ASX:G88) – capital raise

Cyprium Metals (ASX:CYM) – assay results

Reece Pharmaceuticals (ASX:RCE) – capital raising

Variscan Mines (ASX:VAR) – capital raising

KneoMedia (ASX:KNM) – capital raising

Zelda Therapeutics (ASX:ZLD) – material control transaction

Sky Metals (ASX:SKY) – farm in and JV agreement

Markets

Gold: $US1,490.61 (-0.09%)

Silver: $US17.44 (-0.02%)

Oil (WTI): $US53.06 (+0.51%)

Oil (Brent): $US58.58 (+0.53%)

Coal: $US69.03 (+2.54%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US92.55 (+0.40%)

AUD/USD: $US0.6755 (+0.33%)

Bitcoin: $US8,231.53 (+4.70%)

What got you talking yesterday

We bet there’s a bunch of cobalt-exposed small caps (and their investors) watching this positive pricing action very closely #lithiumion #ASX #ausbiz https://t.co/H2s1qOxnoU

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) October 7, 2019

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

This was the movement amongst ASX sectors last week:

Energy +0.95%

Materials +0.35%

Industrials +0.86%

Consumer discretionary +0.96%

Consumer staples +0.46%

Healthcare +0.50%

Financials +0.35%

IT +0.34%

Communications +0.06%

Utilities +0.70%

ASX 200 +0.45%

ASX small ordinaries +0.23%

Yesterday’s winners