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Rise & Shine: What you need to know before the ASX opens
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The day ahead
After finishing Thursday with their worst trading performance since Christmas, Australian share markets will be under the spotlight, Friday.
The All Ordinaries index of ASX shares closed 2 per cent lower on-day, Thursday, at 6,917 points.
Readers from Sydney with an affection for croissant may want to get down to Parramatta Square on Friday.
A group of pastry chefs will be attempting to make the largest version of the French flaky pastry to celebrate National Croissant Day.
The pastry chefs’ puffed-up version of the croissant will weight about 1.2 kg.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies are in trading halts and are expected to exit over the next two trading days:
Friday:
Mithril Resources (ASX:MTH) – capital raising
Range International (ASX:RAN) – capital raising
Triangle Energy (ASX:TEG) – capital raising
Lachlan Star (ASX:LSA) – capital raising
Key Petroleum (ASX:KEY) – asset disposal
Monday:
4DS Memory (ASX:4DS) – wafer manufacture update
Indiana Resources (ASX:IDA) – capital raising
MRG Metals (ASX:MRQ) – capital raising
Primewest (ASX:PWG) – capital raising
Revasum (ASX:RVS) – capital raising
Micro-X (ASX:MX1) – capital raising
MARKETS
Gold: $US1,844.54 ($2,449.72) (+0.03%)
Silver: $US26.40 ($34.32) (+4.67%)
Oil (WTI): $US52.33 (-0.98%)
Oil (Brent): $US55.53 (-0.48%)
Coal: $US88.63 (+1.82%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US168.63 (-0.37%)
AUD/USD: $US0.7694 (+0.44%)
Bitcoin: $US32,627.52 (+5.92%)
What got you talking Thursday
The rolling tug-of-war between short sellers and long holders of US gaming shop stock GameStop (NYSE:GME) took an interesting turn Thursday.
Some investors appear to have confused the US retro computer games retailer with an ASX battery metals company with the same stock ticker.
GME Resources’ share price went up a hefty 40 per cent Thursday without any fresh announcement to the ASX.
Investors that plunged into the ASX metals stock may be hoping for the sort of returns conjured up by GameStop in the US.
The US retailer rallied $US200 per share or 135 per cent in Wednesday US trade.
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Yesterday’s winners
Stocks highlighted in yellow made market moving announcements
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYM | Australia United Min | 0.015 | 114 | 20809126 | 12898042.4 |
| QXR | Qx Resources Limited | 0.028 | 56 | 28644742 | 9607721.796 |
| MNS | Magnis Energy Tech | 0.375 | 50 | 71672446 | 182501493.5 |
| MRD | Mount Ridley Mines | 0.005 | 43 | 55809033 | 13598245.65 |
| KGD | Kula Gold Limited | 0.06 | 40 | 3799431 | 6699642.176 |
| HWK | Hawkstone Mng Ltd | 0.054 | 38 | 348602593 | 58951368.14 |
| BUY | Bounty Oil & Gas NL | 0.047 | 34 | 102777766 | 38374034.37 |
| DTR | Dateline Resources | 0.0025 | 25 | 170000 | 16420156.15 |
| JDR | Jadar Resources | 0.047 | 24 | 60153247 | 24642394.74 |
| BUB | Bubs Aust Ltd | 0.745 | 23 | 12828120 | 370729225.9 |
| DDT | DataDot Technology | 0.008 | 23 | 4189848 | 8072151.529 |
| LNY | Laneway Res Ltd | 0.008 | 23 | 10559439 | 24537928.56 |
| FSG | Field Solu Hldgs Ltd | 0.053 | 20 | 23851937 | 23484529.77 |
| VIA | Viagold Rare Earth | 0.042 | 20 | 500 | 2915934.14 |
| ASN | Anson Resources Ltd | 0.125 | 19 | 79477191 | 91295362.41 |
| SCU | Stemcell United Ltd | 0.019 | 19 | 15348038 | 13445130.53 |
| KAU | Kaiser Reef | 0.485 | 18 | 5203239 | 39691425.14 |
| PVL | Powerhouse Ven Ltd | 0.059 | 16 | 43813 | 3295796.766 |
| CZNDA | Corazon Ltd | 0.075 | 15 | 3430211 | 10573417.21 |
| RLT | Renergen Limited | 1.53 | 15 | 776356 | 22997917.11 |
| ARD | Argent Minerals | 0.054 | 15 | 8991938 | 41131871.59 |
| MGT | Magnetite Mines | 0.031 | 15 | 111965293 | 77121535.32 |
Yesterday’s losers
| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAS | Bass Oil | 0.001 | -33 | 1350010 | $ 5,013,210.14 |
| ECT | Env Clean Tech | 0.001 | -33 | 300000 | $ 14,401,549.18 |
| KMT | Kopore Metals | 0.019 | -32 | 18289870 | $ 18,000,889.20 |
| ANW | Aus Tin Mining | 0.0015 | -25 | 57053258 | $ 10,180,025.74 |
| AO1 | Assetowl | 0.006 | -25 | 2164671 | $ 3,923,428.94 |
| MQR | Marquee Resource | 0.063 | -22 | 8934648 | $ 8,497,718.26 |
| PWNCA | Parkway Minls NL | 0.011 | -21 | 2024676 | $ 3,452,409.00 |
| ADY | Admiralty Resources | 0.012 | -20 | 2654611 | $ 17,387,020.49 |
| STN | Saturn Metals | 0.45 | -18 | 792790 | $ 59,655,480.50 |
| AQI | Alicanto Min | 0.1 | -17 | 1433260 | $ 39,230,095.32 |
| BOC | Bougainville Copper | 0.45 | -17 | 85984 | $ 216,573,750.00 |
| MLS | Metals Australia | 0.0025 | -17 | 19893777 | $ 12,572,710.73 |
| NTL | New Talisman Gold | 0.005 | -17 | 2139054 | $ 16,753,352.18 |
| ROG | Red Sky Energy | 0.0025 | -17 | 5451221 | $ 7,295,766.59 |
| VMG | VDM Group | 0.0025 | -17 | 20500 | $ 20,782,982.86 |
| WSA | Western Areas | 2.46 | -17 | 6990247 | $ 811,447,664.75 |
| LIO | Lion Energy | 0.031 | -16 | 612660 | $ 7,673,866.23 |
| QEM | QEM | 0.105 | -16 | 530044 | $ 12,500,000.00 |
| EME | Energy Metals | 0.16 | -16 | 12817 | $ 39,839,829.28 |
| BAT | Battery Minerals | 0.033 | -15 | 51122891 | $ 79,609,668.10 |
| THR | Thor Mining PLC | 0.017 | -15 | 9316934 | $ 9,041,539.60 |
