Good morning everyone, and welcome to 29 January, 2024 \u2013\u00a0a date on the calendar to be celebrated by lovers of The Arts, as it is believed that on this day in 1597, a small play called Romeo and Juliet had its first public performance.<\/p>\n
That performance is likely to have been something of a sneak preview showing of Shakespeare\u2019s 10th play \u2013\u00a0the official launch of the play took place a couple of years later, but it was one that struck a chord with audiences, in a way that only an over-wrought drama about a pair of suicidal teenagers could.<\/p>\n
Written in an era where it was entirely cool for a 17-year-old lad to be simping to tragic levels after a 13-year-old girl, the story itself is often remembered as one of the greatest love stories ever told.<\/p>\n
The harsh reality of it, however, is that it is a dark and horrifying story that ends with two children dead and two large families utterly heartbroken, all over a ridiculous feud that ran full tilt into a rampaging ball of hormones, to the detriment of anybody within spitting distance of the action.<\/p>\n
The fact that the story is remembered for being something it clearly isn\u2019t meant to, is a testament to the very human ability to cast bad memories aside, and collectively, willingly recall an entirely different reality than the one we all just lived through.<\/p>\n
The same thing that has a lot of people pining for the 1990s as a time of wonder and easy living, when even the shortest backward glance at those years will reveal a dark, twisted history of long greasy hair, regrettable tattoos and way too many flannel shirts.<\/p>\n
But, given the passage of enough time and just about anything \u2013 like Romeo and Juliet \u2013\u00a0will start to look a lot better than it really was.<\/p>\n
Luckily, in the modern era, we will always have Baz Luhrmann\u2019s bloated and self-indulgent efforts to bring Shakespeare\u2019s tale to the big screen, as a permanent reminder that no matter how sad and sorry Shakespeare\u2019s work was when he wrote this particular play, there will always be a way to magically make it a thousand times worse.<\/p>\n
Anyway \u2013 I\u2019m rambling, and we\u2019ve all got better things to do be doing this morning, so allow me to point you at Eddy Sunarto\u2019s Hot Money Monday for a look at what\u2019s in store this week<\/a>, while Josh Chiat got former PLS and now new Patriot Battery Metals CEO Ken Brinsden on the blower about what\u2019s actually going on with this lithium collapse thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n And, as always down below, there\u2019s all the usual numbers and letters, all lovingly arranged in such a fashion that they make sense to our those who just love to watch the market, to help us all get ready for the next wave of losses and gains that come washing our way today.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Gold: US$2,018.71 (-0.07%)<\/p>\n Silver: US$22.794 (-0.51%)<\/p>\n Nickel (3mth): US$15,469.00\/t (+0.32%)<\/p>\n Copper (3mth): US$8,446.15\/t (-0.37%)<\/p>\n Oil (WTI): US$78.01 (+0.84%)<\/p>\n Oil (Brent): US$83.66 (+1.49%)<\/p>\n Iron 62pc Fe: US$137.50\/t (+1.10%)<\/p>\n AUD\/USD: 0.6574 (+0.09%)<\/p>\n Bitcoin: US$42,545.90<\/span> (+1.10%)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n India is setting itself up to emerge as a proper economic powerhouse, so here\u2019s Part 1 of Nadine McGrath\u2019s look into which India-focussed ASX players are making some serious moves right now.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018India is where China was in 2006\u2019 \u2013 Here are Banyantree\u2019s top three India-focused stocks \u2013 @BanyantreeIG<\/a> is bullish on India and tell us their top three stock picks for the emerging market in 2024. #markets<\/a> #India<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/MXcgGOM8CK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/675H0VLJ5N<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stockhead (@StockheadAU) January 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:<\/p>\n Swipe or scroll to reveal full table. Click headings to sort:<\/p>\n WordPress Table Plugin<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Up the pointy end of the Small Caps was Neurizer (ASX:NRZ)<\/a>, showing a 100% jump after some to-ing and fro-ing with the ASX over disclosures by the company in the lead-up to it releasing its quarterly and Appendix 5B on 18 January.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all very complicated and I don\u2019t have the time to completely unpack it here, but the short version is that there have been some legislative and oversight changes affecting the Neurizer Urea Project, which in turn has had a knock-on effect on investment negotiations for NRZ.<\/p>\n The company has assured the ASX that it is solvent, and working through other potential investment options to keep the project on track.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, CuFe (ASX:CUF)<\/a> jumped 33% this morning despite having nought to report, most likely on the back of renewed enthusiasm for copper among local investors.<\/p>\n Similarly, Castile Resources (ASX:CST)<\/a> has been all over the joint \u2013 up more than 28% after shedding 18% in recent sessions, itself a major step down from the 27% spike the company enjoyed between Friday and COB Monday.<\/p>\n Black Mountain Energy (ASX:BME)<\/a> has posted a decent gain off the back of a crowd-pleasing quarterly that includes a little tidbit about the company\u2019s divestment of its Half Moon project, which has brought in a pre-tax windfall of US$6,577,810.<\/p>\n Actinogen Medical (ASX:ACW)<\/strong><\/a> enjoyed a solid run through the day, off the back of earlier news that a human Positron Emission Tomography (PET) study, confirming high levels of the company\u2019s Xanamem target occupancy in the brain at safe, well tolerated, and biologically active doses, has been published in the\u00a0 Journal of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n The company says the study confirms that Xanamem is a brain-penetrant inhibitor of the tissue cortisol synthesis enzyme, 11\u03b2-HSD1, with high levels of target occupancy at doses as low as 5mg \u2013 which is, I am assured, a Good Thing.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:<\/p>\n Swipe or scroll to reveal full table. Click headings to sort:<\/p>\n WordPress Table Plugin<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Adavale Resources (ASX:ADD)<\/a> \u2013 pending the release of an announcement in relation to a proposed capital raising.<\/p>\n Blue Star Helium (ASX:BNL)<\/a> \u2013 pending the release of an announcement regarding an update on drilling.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The post Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens<\/a> appeared first on Stockhead<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COMMODITY\/FOREX\/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES<\/h2>\n
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THURSDAY\u2019S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS<\/h2>\n
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