The week began with WTI closing in on $83 a barrel after rising 2.3%. Energy and real estate’s gains almost offset staples, materials and other laggards on By Street. The shed 12 points on Monday in mixed trading. Notable names […]
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The week began with WTI closing in on $83 a barrel after rising 2.3%. Energy and real estate’s gains almost offset staples, materials and other laggards on By Street. The shed 12 points on Monday in mixed trading. Notable names […]
The week ended on a modestly upbeat note on Bay Street after the TSX climbed 27 points on Friday and 0.5% for the week to remain within striking distance of all-time highs. On Friday, materials and utilities led most sectors […]
U.S. headline PCE came in at 0.6%, much higher than the expected 0.3%. Markets initially shrugged off the data, but slid for the rest of the day. The S&P closed -0.33%, the Nasdaq -0.39% and the Dow -0.44% to settle […]
Wednesday saw the TSX rise 0.64% to approach 22,200 and flirt with all-time highs. All but three sectors were positive on Bay Street, particularly materials as well as energy, while telcos lagged the most. Outsized moves came from First Quantum […]
Investors shrugged off higher than expected U.S. inflation February to spark a Tuesday rally. CPI rose 0.4% between January and February. The S&P rose 1.12% to a new record high of 5.175, the Nasdaq surged 1.54%, and the Dow climbed […]
The week began with WTI closing in on $83 a barrel after rising 2.3%. Energy and real estate’s gains almost offset staples, materials and other laggards on By Street. The shed 12 points on Monday in mixed trading. Notable names […]
The week ended on a modestly upbeat note on Bay Street after the TSX climbed 27 points on Friday and 0.5% for the week to remain within striking distance of all-time highs. On Friday, materials and utilities led most sectors […]
U.S. headline PCE came in at 0.6%, much higher than the expected 0.3%. Markets initially shrugged off the data, but slid for the rest of the day. The S&P closed -0.33%, the Nasdaq -0.39% and the Dow -0.44% to settle […]
Wednesday saw the TSX rise 0.64% to approach 22,200 and flirt with all-time highs. All but three sectors were positive on Bay Street, particularly materials as well as energy, while telcos lagged the most. Outsized moves came from First Quantum […]
Investors shrugged off higher than expected U.S. inflation February to spark a Tuesday rally. CPI rose 0.4% between January and February. The S&P rose 1.12% to a new record high of 5.175, the Nasdaq surged 1.54%, and the Dow climbed […]
Monday morning trading began in the red and finished flat on both sides of the border. The TSX added 31 points as sectors were mixed. Materials and financials were strong, but real estate was weak. Minerals populated the big gainers […]
The week started down, then rebounded, then closed down again. The red-hot semis sub-sector within tech sold off Friday, despite an initial climb to start the session. By the close, Nvidia sank 5.55% after volatile swings both ways. Broadcom reported […]
Markets on Bay and Wall streets extended Wednesday’s gains into Thursday, helped by the U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell telling Washington that he’s “not far” from cutting interest rates. His comments raised hopes of a June cut. Tech, particularly semis stocks, […]
Markets recovered some of the ground lost in previous days upon comments made by the U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell and after the Bank of Canada held interest rates. However, the initial rally lost steam by the end of the session. […]
On Tuesday, the spot price of gold surged to a record high of $2,141. As the commodity shone, American stocks and Bitcoin faded on a downbeat day. In Canada, the TSX held its own, giving up five points as sectors […]
The trading week began with Bitcoin surging 6.6% to top $67,300 while gold also approached an all-time high at $2,125 per ounce. In contrast, stocks on Bay and Wall street declined modestly. The TSX shed nine points after more sectors […]
The trading week and month ended on a Friday rally that saw the Nasdaq and S&P make record highs and the TSX approach its peak. Once again, AI-led tech stocks fueled the Friday rally as the Nasdaq rose 1.13% to […]
Thursday morning saw the release of American PCE inflation data coming in as expected in January at 0.4% (0.3% including volatile food and energy costs), and 2.8% from a year ago. The market exhaled and greeted the news positively. The […]
Continuing its rally, Bitcoin broke $60,000 during Wednesday trading and finished the day 4.8% higher just below that mark. Meanwhile, stocks in New York and Toronto showed weakness with the S&P closing -0.39%, the Nasdaq -0.67% to fall below 16,000, […]
Canadian bank earnings season kicked off Tuesday with mixed results. Bank of Montreal missed and shares slid 3.56% while Bank of Nova Scotia beat and rallied 3.18% though rising loan delinquencies shadowed both. Financials were actually one of the few […]
After a week of record highs, the new trading week began with mild downside on Bay and Wall streets. The TSX closed Monday -0.33% as sectors were mixed. Tech and energy rallied, but dividend-paying sectors including real estate and utilities […]
The trading week ended up an upbeat note, even as red-hot tech took a breather on Friday. The S&P climbed 0.27% to make a new record high of 5,097. It rose 1.17% for the week. The Dow also made a […]
One name dominated markets on Thursday. Nvidia reported much-anticipated earnings late Wednesday and beat. Shares soared 16.25% as did its peers, including AMD up 11.46%. That momentum carried U.S. markets to record highs: the S&P jumped 2.11% to 5,087 and […]
Amid a backdrop of rising yields, markets sank on Wednesday as key earnings and guidance disappointed. Most notably, Palo Alto reported and the street sold off the leading cybersecurity stock by nearly -28%. In turn, peers also sank, such as […]
Markets returned to business Tuesday after the long weekend on both sides of the border. Canadian inflation was down to 2.9% year-over-year in January, lower than the expected 3.1% and falling within the Bank of Canada’s target range. Despite the […]
On Friday, U.S. PPI, producers’ inflation, came in hotter than expected for January, up 0.3% instead of the expected 0.1% and higher than December’s -0.1% print. This triggered selling on Wall Street that accelerated into the close after a comeback […]
Thursday’s session saw more gains on Bay and Wall streets as stocks rallied beyond tech. The TSX rose 1.55% or 333 points after every sector gained except consumer discretionary. The biggest movers were in energy, financials and materials. Key names […]
On Wednesday, markets mostly recovered from Tuesday’s sharp sell-off. The S&P closed the session up 0.87% just shy of 5,000, the Nasdaq added 1.23%, and the Dow 0.32%. The U.S. 10-year yield held around 4.265% while Bitcoin surged nearly 4% […]
The recent rally ground to a halt Tuesday after January’s U.S. CPI print came in at 3.1% instead of the street’s forecast of 2.9%. Stocks sold off across the board in New York and Toronto, leaving the S&P -1.37% and […]
Monday saw the TSX rally 0.57% to remain above 21,000. Discretionary, energy and materials led the drive, while tech and industrials lagged. Notable names were Canada Goose flying 8.21%, Baytex 3.35%, Shopify -1.82%, Lithium Americas 6.88% and Aritzia -4.38%. WTI […]