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Afterhours Thursday delivered a one-two punch to markets when a journal announced that one of Gilead’s drugs<\/a> is helping some COVID-19 patients quickly recover, and from Trump<\/a> promising to re-open some U.S. states gradually to ease the current national lockdown.<\/p>\n The Dow soared 3%, though the Nasdaq gained only 1.38% as the indices reversed position from recent sessions. Playing catch-up, the beaten-up small-caps of the Russell 2000 leapt 4.33%. Energy and financials led with JP Morgan<\/a> jumping 9% and Exxon Mobil<\/a> surging 10.4%. The Nasdaq gained 6% for the week. Gilead<\/a> rallied nearly 10%, but warned that the drug is still in testing with further results due at the end of this month, then later in May.<\/p>\n Stocks closed near session highs on both sides of the border as the TSX shot up 3.31% Friday and finished 1.36% higher for the week. The struggling energy sector finished a strong 8.3% higher as a barrel of WCS zoomed 50% higher to close over $11 per barrel. CNQ<\/a> and Crescent Point<\/a> rallied 11.5%. Tech and financials also outperformed. Investors in The Stars Group<\/a> hit the jackpot when it announced strong earnings<\/a> as the lockdown has encouraged a surge in online gambling from home. Stars shot up 16.8%.<\/p>\n Stay safe.<\/p>\n 🏛 JP Morgan Chase & Co<\/a> +9% This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Ryan Bushell including Toronto Dominion (A Top Pick Apr 30\/19, Down 22%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Afterhours Thursday delivered a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":345019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No","cwp_rev_product_name":"","cwp_rev_product_image":"","wppr_links":[],"cwp_rev_price":"","wppr_options":[],"wppr_pros":[],"wppr_cons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily"],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🛢 Exxon Mobil<\/a> +10.40%
\n🧫 Gilead Sciences Inc.<\/a> +10%
\n🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs<\/a> +11.50%
\n🛢 Crescent Point Energy Corp<\/a> +11.50%
\n🎰 The Stars Group Inc<\/a> +16.80%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"