This room is lacking enthusiasm today. HAHA. "On *...

This room is lacking enthusiasm today. HAHA.

"On * today, the ASX small caps that fund managers like right now, high purity alumina stocks quietly prepare for the boom, and how edtech stocks are coping six months into COVID.

But first…

The day ahead

It’s a quiet one to end the week, with August inflation data out of Japan the only release of note during the Asia-Pacific trading session.

The following companies are in trading halts and are scheduled to exit in the next couple of days

Friday:

Grand Gulf Energy (ASX:GGE) – price query response
East Energy Resources (ASX:EER) – price query response
Ardea Resources (ASX:ARL) – capital raising
Great Northern Minerals (ASX:GNM) – ASX queries
Next Science (ASX:NXS) – capital raising
Surefire Resources (ASX:SRN) – fundraising action
Pacifico Minerals (ASXMY) – capital raising

Monday:

Key Petroleum (ASX:KEY) – price query
Phoslock (ASXET) – audit investigation
Webcentral (ASX:WCG) – acquisition developments
5G Networks (ASX:5GN) – acquisition
Peak Minerals (ASXUA) – capital raising
Pure Minerals (ASXM1) – capital raising
Anglo Australian Resources (ASX:AAR) – capital raising
QuickFee (ASX:QFE) – capital raising
AVZ Minerals (ASX:AVZ) – acquisition
Lark Distilling (ASX:LRK) – capital raising
MetalsTech (ASX:MTC) – capital raising

Markets

Gold: $US1,940.85 ($2,654.02) (-0.94%)

Silver: $US26.99 ($36.91) (-0.88%)

Oil (WTI): $US40.98 (+2.04%)

Oil (Brent): $US43.30 (+3.56%)

Coal: $US58.25 (+1.04%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US126.01 (-1.56%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7314 (+0.01%)

Bitcoin: $US10,935.88 (-0.68%)

What got you talking yesterday

Readers took an interest in Mike Cooper’s analysis of ongoing Chinese demand for commodities, and the resulting impact of different bulk commodity prices."