Articles On Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI)

On Sunday, a chaotic ‘flash crash’ saw the gold price plummet into the $US1600s per ounce before staging a mild recovery. Experts mostly point to a better than expected jobs report out of the US for heavy selling that saw the traditional he...

Local stocks tracked higher on Friday in a relatively calm session to end the week. The ASX200 traded flat, edging higher by 0.36% into the close. Those gains were comfortably outpaced by the small end of town, as the microcap Emerging Comp...

As an uncorrelated asset – value not tied to larger fluctuations in the traditional markets — gold has had “its lunch cut a bit” by crypto, PCF Capital’s Liam Twigger says. “There is an article in the last Economist asking, ‘what happens if...

What happened to the most talked about commodities in July? Gold bounced back from recent lows to record a solid 2.54% gain (that’s +4.12% in Aussie dollar terms). The base metals suite – aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc – all...

Strong consumer buying and modest institutional investment helped create gold demand of 955.1 tonnes over Q2 – a 9% rise from Q1 2021, and in line with the equivalent period last year. While both consumers and retail investors were purchasi...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

The ASX 200 index closed near its lows Thursday, falling by 0.39% on lower-than-normal volume. Nine out of 11 sectors were lower, led by Health Care, which lost 1.44%. The Materials sector – which includes chemicals and plastics, constructi...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

It is no longer just lip service — to create max value for shareholders, miners know they need good Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials. Failing to maintain good relationships with stakeholders (like governments, local co...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

Gold had its worst month since November 2016 in June, down 7% to $US1,779/oz. Mining and exploration stocks have followed suit. This bearish trend creates a buying opportunity, experts say. Boutique investment advisory firm head Frank Holme...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

The market giveth and the market taketh. Truer words have never been spoken with gold prices diving nearly US$100 in less than a day after the US Federal Reserve signalled higher inflation and that interest rates could rise twice by 2023. G...

Gold is re-starting its bull rally as two major obstacles — higher US Treasury yields and Bitcoin — fizzle. “Strong headwinds from parabolic Bitcoin and rising bond yields appear to have run their course,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior comm...

Gold’s rally ran out of puff this week, with the precious metal dropping about 2% below ~$1US1,870/oz at Thursday close. Kitco’s Jim Wyckoff calls it “routine profit taking”. “Importantly, the price uptrend in gold on the daily chart remain...

Over the past two months the gold price has turned a corner, up ~12.7% to a high of $US1898/oz. That’s a four month high, erasing almost all of 2021’s losses. The share prices of local gold stocks have responded in kind. Over the past month...

Are large Bitcoin investors moving back into precious metals? In a note to clients, JPMorgan said large institutional investors are dumping bitcoin in favour of gold, reversing a trend that’s played out over the last two quarters. “The bitc...

The recovery in the gold price from its early March lows — ~$1,670s to over $1,825 currently — was mostly driven by the decline in real interest rates and, more recently a poor US jobs report and increasing inflation. US core inflation in A...

“When you stop growing you start dying,” is a saying the ASX’s largest gold miners have apparently taken to heart. While hopefully remaining cognisant of the expensive, value-destroying deals which occurred when gold last peaked in the 2010...

The gold price traditionally thrives on geopolitical drama. Heightened tensions in eastern Ukraine, the recent incident at an Iranian nuclear site, and news of an unofficial US delegation visiting Taiwan are recent reminders that 2021 will...

Wall Street extends record high The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both hit fresh new highs on Friday, extending their climb this year. S&P500 rose by 0.77%, the Dow Jones climbed by 0.89%, while the tech heavy NASDAQ also finished higher by...

Gold continues to trend upwards on the back of US dollar’s ongoing weakness and concerns about inflation, so it’s unsurprising that the majority of gold plays on our watchlist have marked gains this week. The previous metal is currently tra...

The gold price may have languished slightly in 2021, but the number of gold IPOs certainly has not. Here’s what the newest ASX gold explorers are doing, where they are doing it, and why investors should care.   KINCORA COPPER (ASX:KCC) The...

Strange to think that it is a year since the world was turned upside down when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic in mid-March 2020. In the week that followed the price of gold tumbled nearly $US200 to $US1...

A recent round of support for gold has seen the price consolidate above $US1,700 an ounce. However, with policy support from central banks, US stimulus and employment growth — underpinned by big infrastructure projects — you’d “expect gold...

On Stockhead today, Morningstar picks a half-price bargain, gold’s losing the battle against Bitcoin, and how to back the return to office boom. But first…   The day ahead TRADING HALTS The following companies are in trading halts and are e...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest movers – the winners and losers alike. Data is taken at the market close – at 4pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements.   WINNERS Code Company...

For goldies, 2020 was a year when good news was rewarded, and great news celebrated. The precious metal has gained about 22 per cent year-to-date despite treading water since mid-August. And there’s a strong chance 2021 will start off with...

There’s 191 ASX gold stocks on our list — from $25bn behemoth Newcrest (ASX:NCM) all the way down to $4.7m tiddler African Gold (ASX:A1G) – with a combined market cap of ~$82.8bn. Despite running out of puff in August and September the gold...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Monday, September 14. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm AEST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made potentially market-moving announcements during the day.   WINNERS Code Na...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Tuesday, September 8. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm AEST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 837 stocks rose, 504 declined a...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Friday, September 4. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm AEST. Today 298 stocks rose, 1,104 declined and 685 were unchanged. WINNERS Code Company Price % Change V...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Wednesday, August 19. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 671 stocks rose, 688 declined an...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Friday, August 14. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 902 stocks rose, 501 declined and 6...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Thursday, August 13. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 815 stocks rose, 553 declined and...

The sudden drop in spot gold prices and reintroduction of COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand have hit the relevant ASX small caps this morning. After 100 days of being virus-free, four COVID-19 cases were detected in the country. New Zeal...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Tuesday, August 11. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 675 stocks rose, 673 declined and...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Wednesday, August 5. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 681 stocks rose, 607 declined and...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Monday, August 3. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 558 stocks rose, 762 declined and 78...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Wednesday, July 29. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 529 stocks rose, 801 declined and...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Tuesday, July 28. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 601 stocks rose, 779 declined and 72...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Tuesday, July 21. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made potentially market-moving announcements during the day. Today 1032 ASX stocks rose, 38...

A quick wrap of the ASX’s key winners and losers on Thursday, July 9. Data is taken after the market closes at 4pm EST. Stocks highlighted in yellow made market-moving announcements during the day. Today 832 stocks rose, 502 declined and 77...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...