Did you get some sun today?
Great trading day for PEAK's portfolio companies ASX:MRQ and CSE:LOBE, as the stocks rose to a high of AUD 0.0145 and CAD 0.27, respectively…
Across markets…
The ASX200 gained 0.9 per cent on Tuesday to 6839.2 points, up 58.3 points.
The biggest gains were in Bank of Queensland, up 12.8 per cent while the biggest decline was 12.6 per cent in Perenti Global.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped overnight while the Dow edged up, boosted by gains for Walt Disney.
US futures were ahead at 2pm AEDT, hinting at a positive start on Wall Street tonight.
The Aussie dollar touched a new three-year high 79.29 US cents overnight as commodity prices continued to rise.
Brent crude and US oil jumped by more than 3.5% while Iron ore is up 1.4% at $US175.96 a tonne.
Andrew Bassat will step down as chief executive of SEEK and will be succeeded by Ian Narev as the company mulls the $2.2 billion sale of its Chinese online recruitment business Zhaopin.
Telco group Vocus confirmed today that the $3.4b indicative offer from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Asset Holdings has survived two weeks of due diligence and the potential suitor has added another party to the consortium: Aware Super.
Source: SMH

Crowd Media Holdings (ASX: CM8) has bedded down its investment in artificial intelligence developer Aflorithmic Labs.
Under a deal announced late last month, Crowd has scooped up a 10% stake in Aflorithmic Labs by investing $1.773 million into the entity. In return, Aflorithmic will secure a 1.3% interest in Crowd, which is still subject to shareholder approval next month.
According to Crowd, the deal enables Crowd to accelerate integration of its own AI Q&A Chatbox technology with Aflorithmic’s voice cloning technology.
Crowd will also work these technologies in with video technology from another partner VRF Assets and Holdings.
To-date, Crowd’s Chatbox technology has processed more than 180 million questions and answers.
Source: Small Caps
China shares eked out gains on Tuesday, as optimism on economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic prompted fresh buying in financials and cyclical stocks, while worries over policy tightening continued to weigh on sectors with lofty valuations.
The CSI300 index edged up 0.1% to 5,603.68 points by the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3% to 3,654.77 points.
Leading the gains, the CSI300 banks index rose 2.1%, while the CSI300 cyclical industry index added 0.9%.
“The trend of China’s policy tightening is quite evident and definite, though the PBOC would refrain from sudden and fast tightening with an aim to provide stability for the market,” said Zheng Zichun, an analyst with AVIC Securities.
“We now favour cyclical companies, including those in petroleum and chemical, nonferrous metals, digging and financial industries,” he added.
Source: Reuters
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Year: 2019
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.2m
Price Change: $0.07 +20.69%
Sector: Satellite Communication
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $0.31 +6.90%
Sector: Vertical Farming
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.53m
Price Change: $0.057 Unchanged
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Year: 2018, 2019
Deal Type: Seed, Bridging and IPO
Raise Amount: $10m
Price Change: $0.225 Unchanged
Sector: Technology
Year: 2018
Deal Type: Seed and IPO
Raise Amount: $10m
Price Change: $0.039 -2.50%
Sector: Mining
Year: 2017
Deal Type: Seed & IPO
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $0.185 Unchanged
Sector: Mining
Year: 2017
Deal Type: IPO & Placement
Raise Amount: $6m
Price Change: $0.049 +4.26%
Sector: Healthcare Equipment and Services
Year: 2016
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $8m
Price Change: $0.135 +3.85%
Sector: Materials
Year: 2016
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $9m
Price Change: $0.03 -3.23%
Sector: Biotechnology
Year: 2015, 2017, 2018
Deal Type: Placements & IPO
Raise Amount: $5m
Price Change: $2.48 -3.13%
Sector: Media an Entertainment
Year: 2016
Deal Type: Reverse Takeover
Raise Amount: $4m
Price Change: $0.042 +2.44%
Sector: mining
Year: 2018, 2019, 2020
Deal Type: Placements & Rights Offer
Raise Amount: $1.5m
Price Change: $0.013 +30.00%
Sector: CBD
Year: 2021
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $5M
Price Change: $0.024 -4.00%
Sector: Hemp & CBD
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Pre IPO
Raise Amount: $2.5m
Sector: Psychedelic assisted Therapy
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Pre IPO
Raise Amount: $1.5m
Price Change: CAD $0.27 +35.00%
Sector: Mining
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $333k
Sector: Gaming & Digital Advertising
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.25m
Sector: Mining (Gold)
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $982k
Price Change: $0.007 Unchanged
Sector: Mining (Gold/Silver)
Year: 2020
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.3m
Price Change: $0.013 +13.04%
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