TSX flat, Wall Street declines on hot employment numbers
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 the day before, Open Text up 5.06%, Methanex 7.32% though goldminers Kinross and Barrick sank 4.08% and 4.73% respectively.
It was a different story on Wall Street as the strongest employment numbers ever in American peacetime were released, rattling investors. The S&P closed Friday down 1%, but gained 2% for the week, the Dow shed 0.38% and the Nasdaq declined 1.59% for the session but still advanced 4.3% for the week. It was a good week for communications, discretionary and certainly tech, but a bad one for energy, utilities and health care.
Regeneron gained 4.2%, Clorox 9.77% and Apple 2.44% despite delivering a miss, while Amazon slid 8.45% after its own report and Ford sank 7.61%. The U.S. 10-year yield held at 3.52% while Bitcoin retreated 0.5% to around $23,300.
🧣 Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS-T) +14.64%
💾 Open Text (OTEX-T) +5.06%
🧪 Methanex Corp (MX-T) +7.32%
🥇 Kinross Gold (K-T) -4.08%
🥇 Barrick Gold (ABX-T) -4.73%
💊 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (REGN-Q) +4.2%
🧴 Clorox Company (CLX-N) +9.77%
🍎 Apple Inc (AAPL-Q) +2.44%
📦 Amazon.com (AMZN-Q) -8.45%
🚘 Ford Motor (F-N) -7.61%
🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD) (CRYPTO:BTC) -0.5%
