After the close with Allan
Monday saw markets on both sides of the border rally after last week’s sell-off. The TSX added 0.46% as all but two sectors rallied. Consumer staples and discretionary led while materials lagged. Notable movers included Russel Metals jumping 6.23%, Capstone […]
Earnings and lingering hawkish sentiment from the U.S. ended the trading week on a mixed note. The TSX was essentially flat on Friday, adding 14 points and rising 0.23% for the week. Sectors were mixed with staples and energy leading, […]
Stocks on both sides of the border lost altitude Thursday after hawkish comments made by carious U.S. Fed officials, warning that more interest rate hikes are likely to continue and could remain elevated for a while. Green turned into red […]
Markets sank Wednesday on fears that the U.S. Fed will continue to hike rates and on negative news from key companies. Alphabet shares tanked around 7.68% (A class) after Google’s new AI demonstration suffered a glitch that left the street […]
The Bank of Canada and the U.S. fed issued statements on Tuesday about the direction of interest rates which moved the needle on Bay and Wall streets. The BOC Governor, Tiff Macklem, offered to pause rate hikes to protect the […]
The bears creeped back into the market Monday ahead of U.S. Fed Jerome Powell’s comments on Tuesday. Last Friday’s historically low unemployment numbers are rattling Wall Street and it fears Powell will issue hawkish sentiments. The S&P closed -0.6%%, the […]
The TSX closed Friday up 18 points and 0.7% for the week. Staples and energy rallied even though WTI oil declined 3.5% to $73 and WCS fell 4% below $51. Major movers included Canada Goose which soared 14.64% after diving […]
Thursday saw the optimism triggered by the U.S. Fed’s comments the day before continue to lift stocks, especially tech. That sentiment coincided with Meta announcing its latest quarter late Wednesday. Meta soared over 23% on a strong beat, the S&P closed […]
Wednesday saw one of the busiest sessions of 2023 so far. Markets were trending down until the U.S. Fed’s Jay Powell announced a predicted 25-basis point hike in interest rates. However, American shares took off after his comments which the […]
On the eve of the U.S. Fed’s interest rate announcement, markets rallied Tuesday to end January in the green. On Wall Street, the S&P closed 1.46% (over 5% for the month), the Nasdaq 1.67% (1.7% in January), and the Dow […]
The trading week began on a dour note as markets in Toronto and New York sank ahead of major tech earnings and the U.S. Fed’s latest interest rate announcement later this week. Fear or profit-taking crept into the stock market […]
More so on Wall Street than Bay, earnings helped lift markets on Friday to end a positive week. The S&P added 0.25% and 2.32% for the week, the Nasdaq 0.95% and 4% to cap four straight week of gains, and […]
The bulls returned Thursday after yesterday’s sell-off. A good quarter from Tesla helped. Its shares popped 10.15%. Tech in general rallied with Seagate up 10.92%, Amazon 1.48% and Apple 1.13%.However Sherwin-Williams sank 9.35%. The Nasdaq surged 1.45%, the S&P 0.86% […]
Wednesday saw markets on both sides of the border do a near-180 turn, dipping sharply at the open, then gradually climbing to break-even by the afternoon close. The catalyst for this horseshoe-shaped move was tech titan Microsoft which announced a […]
Tuesday’s session saw modest declines and increases on the cusp of major earnings reports. The TSX was essentially flat, shedding 0.08% as sectors were mixed. Consumer staples rebounded sharply while energy slumped. Major gainers were Shaw Communications up 2.78% and […]
The week began stocks rallying across the board on expectations that the U.S. Fed will raise interest rates by only 25 basis points next week. Economic indicators point to easing inflation and a lower chance of a recession. Tech led […]
It’s been a while, but megacap tech stocks led Friday’s rally and rescued the week from days of losses. The S&P closed the session up 1.89% to nearly touch 4,000, as all 11 sectors rallied, and gained 0.3% for the […]
Thursday saw U.S. jobless claims fall to their lowest level since last September which made investors fear the U.S. Fed will remain hawkish despite declining inflation. As a result, the S&P as well as Dow closed -0.76% and the Nasdaq […]
Wednesday saw markets in Toronto and New York give back recent gains. The TSX closed -0.4% but stayed above 20,000 as only materials showed any real gain, tech was flat and consumer staples led the rest of the sectors downward. […]
Wall Street reopened Tuesday to a mixed session. The S&P closed -0.2%, the Nasdaq 0.14%, and the Dow -1.14%. Tech and banking names were both up and down: Tesla soaring 7.14% and Nvidia 4.36%, but Amazon closing -2.18%. Morgan Stanley […]
With American markets closed Monday to honour civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the TSX enjoyed moderate gains of 0.15% in a predictably quiet session. The only negative sectors were materials and industrials while consumer staples soared. The busiest […]
Investor optimism continued into Friday which saw markets rise yet again to end a positive week. The TSX rose 0.73% for the session, up 2.35% for the week as all sectors rallied except health care. Major movers were Shopify which […]
Thursday’s American consumer inflation data was eagerly awaited and did not disappoint, coming in line with expectations and signalling a weaker inflation. Though markets reacted tentatively at first, stocks on both sides of the border climbed throughout the day. The […]
Markets on both sides of the border Tuesday rallied on hopes that the American consumer inflation data on Thursday will come in lower than expected and ease the Fed’s interest rate hikes. The S&P added 1.28% to nearly 4,000, the […]
Tuesday saw investors sentiment rise slightly as the street felt optimistic about American consumer inflation numbers that will be released later this week. The S&P finished 0.7%, the Nasdaq 1%, and the Dow 0.56% to top 3,900. Key move4rs were […]
