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

On Stockhead today, the first jobs of five ASX CEOs, how to pick a ‘recession-proof’ stock, and has Samsung cracked the graphene battery code?

But first, here’s what you need to know.

The day ahead

Little in the way of data at home. The European Union is releasing trade balance data while Canada has foreign portfolio investment figures.

Earnings
In small cap land, Cellnet Group (ASX:CLT), Chase Mining (ASX:CML), Konekt (ASX:KKT), Kip McGrath Education (ASX:KME), Northern Cobalt (ASX:N27), Visioneering Technologies (ASX:VTI) and Kogan.com (ASX:KGN) all have earnings reports out today.

Trading halts

Due out today:

Powerhouse Ventures (ASX:PVL) – capital raising

OreCorp (ASX:ORR) – capital raising

Ora Banda Mining (ASX:OBM) – capital raising

CV Check (ASX:CV1) – capital raising

Black Rock Mining (ASX:BKT) – capital raising

Schrole Group (ASX:SCL) – capital raising

Amani Gold (ASX:ANL) – capital raising

Due out Monday:

Kingston Resources (ASX:KSN) – capital raise

Rafaella Resources (ASX:RFR) – capital raise

Tempus Resources (ASX:TMR) – acquisition

MRG Metals (ASX:MRQ) – assay results

Beacon Minerals (ASX:BCN) – capital raise

Markets

Gold: $US1520/oz

Silver: $US17.26

Oil (Brent): $US58.40/bbl

Oil (WTI): $US54.80/bbl

Coal: $48.80/t

Iron ore 62pc fe: $93.76/t

AUD/USD: 67.7c

Bitcoin: $US10,387.50

* prices taken at 9amEST, 16/8/19

What got you talking yesterday

The ASX small ords closed down 77.9 points, or 2.7pc, to 2,787.1, while the ASX200 fell to two-month lows, closing down 187.8 points, or 2.9pc, to 6,408.1.

These were the five most discussed stocks among ASX investors on Thursday August 15:

$BRU – Buru Energy

$AUZ – Australian Mines

$ADN – Andromeda Metals

$LYC – Lynas Corp

$BCN – Beacon Minerals

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Sector movement

This how the ASX’s sectors moved yesterday:

Yesterday’s winners

Yesterday’s losers

There you have it – all you need to know.