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

On Stockhead today, the 20 best ASX stocks since March, it’s time for an infant formula update, and gold is… undervalued?

But first…

The day ahead

The annual Black Friday online sales promotion has arrived, with analysts on the lookout for how this year’s event influences the post-Covid trends around ecommerce growth.

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the next two trading days:

Friday:

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) – acquisition
Aldoro Resources (ASX:ARN) – board appointment
Galaxy Resources (ASX:GXY) – capital raising
Reffind (ASX:RFN) – capital raising
PPK Group (ASX:PPK) – capital raising
Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS) – capital raising
Orcoda (ASX:ODA) – acquisition
GWR Group (ASX:GWR) – project update
Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) – capital raising
African Gold (ASX:A1G)) – capital raising
Anson Resources (ASX:ASN) – capital raising
Technology Metals Australia (ASX:TMT) – capital raising
Lotus Resources (ASX:LOT) – capital raising

Monday:

Surefire Resources (ASX:SRN) – drilling results
PNX Metals (ASX:PNX) – capital raising
FYI Resources (ASX:FYI) – capital raising
Cirralto (ASX:CRO) – Visa agreement and capital raising
Chesser Resources (ASX:CHZ) – capital raising
Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN) – project update

Markets

Gold: $US1,810.00 ($2,458.57) (+0.26%)

Silver: $US23.10 ($31.38) (-0.86%)

Oil (WTI): $US44.80 (-1.99%)

Oil (Brent): $US47.56 (-2.16%)

Coal: $US69.50 (+0.22%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US123.63 (+0.19%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7362 (-0.04%)

Bitcoin: $US16,902.03 (-10.65%)

What got you talking yesterday:

Readers took an interest in Mike Cooper’s analysis of a push by three state governments to slap new EV taxes on owners of electric vehicles, which has left voters confused about their stance on reducing greenhouse gases.

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Yesterday’s winners

Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements

Yesterday’s losers