On Stockhead today, we’ve been busy as hell making sure you don’t miss a fiscal beat as our market experts – who also happen to write like Justin Timberlake can marry (and dance) share their best ahead of the ASX open.

Christian says Goldman Sachs has been theorising of 4 potential reopening scenarios for China, we’re here to say #3 has already begun.

Reuben’s dug gold. Lot’s of rich Reddit gold.

And crypto – we’ve literally figured it out.

But first, the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS from the 23rd of December 

Invictus Energy (ASX:IVZ) – Halt called pending an update in relation to results from the Mukuyu-1 sidetrack wireline logging programme, formation pressure and fluid sampling.

Belararox (ASX:BRX) – Halt called in light of a potential project acquisition.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,813.78 (+0.90%)

Silver: $US24.05 (+0.63%)

Nickel (3mth): $US29,736.50/t (+6.2%)

Copper (3mth): $US8,404.00/t (+0.4%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 21): $US80,275/t (-1.3% weekly, +123% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 21): $US80,650/t (-0.4% weekly, +169.2% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US79.39 (-o.21%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.030 (+0.13%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US112.00 (+0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.67(+0.07%)

Bitcoin: $US16,679.64 (-0.90%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING OVER XMAS?

New lithium excitement for the Europeans (ASX:EUR) on the local list – the forms are in with US securities exchange and there’s a lot of fascination now the Nasdaq is opening its doors.

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ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS FROM THE LAST CLOSE

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks, 23rd December:

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Retail Food Group (ASX:RFG), which has seen an enormous boost in popularity, after it announced that its beef with the ACCC has been settled in a manner that is entirely good for RFG.

The whole thing’s been dropped with RFG making any admission as to the ACCC’s allegations in the proceeding, paying any pecuniary penalty or being subject to any injunction, disclosure or adverse publicity order.

Immuron (ASX:IMC)  jumped circa 20% after getting greenlit by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to go the clappers with a full-on clinical evaluation of Travelan, which I’m guessing is some kind of travel related medicine.

MetalsTech (ASX:MTC) was up ~13% this morning off the back of news that Chifeng Gold (aka Chijin International) has completed a $3 million placement to take its position in MTC to about 9%.

The placement comes in advance of MetalsTech updated mineral resource estimate at its flagship 1.5+oz Sturec gold deposit in Slovakia, which is expected to drop shortly.

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least performing ASX small cap stocks, 23rd December:

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