{"id":173957,"date":"2020-06-10T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=173957"},"modified":"2020-06-10T23:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T23:37:50","slug":"tech-makes-new-highs-as-markets-extend-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/tech-makes-new-highs-as-markets-extend-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech makes new highs as markets extend selling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell assured markets that he&#8217;ll keep interest rates at historic lows through 2022, markets on both sides of the border continued Tuesday&#8217;s selling into Wednesday. The Dow shed 1.04% and the S&amp;P lost 0.53%. In particular on this risk-off day, travel and leisure stocks slumped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/UAL-Q\">United Airlines<\/a> plummeted 11.02% while retailers like the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GPS-N\">Gap<\/a> were hit by 11.55%. The TSX declined 0.76% with energy and real estate lagging. A barrel of WCS, however rallied 3.5%. Despite that, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NVA-T\">Nuvista Energy <\/a>plunged 11.48%. Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BPY.UN-T\">Brookfield Property Partners<\/a> lost 7%.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the good news. The Nasdaq closed above 10,000 for the first time, closing 0.67% higher. Tech giants went on a tear with several making record new highs. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MSFT-Q\">Microsoft<\/a> finished jumped 3.63% to $197.01, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> rose 2.62% to $353.35, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AMZN-Q\">Amazon<\/a> spiked (again) 1.79% to $2,650.34, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/TSLA-Q\">Tesla<\/a> roared 8.88% to $1,024.82, which marks the first time that the e-car giant has cracked $1K. In Canada, gold bugs rejoiced with many names, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NGD-T\">New Gold<\/a> (up 11.17%) gaining. The shiny rock gained over 1%. On the earnings front, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/DOL-T\">Dollarama<\/a> reported that Q1 <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/dollarama-reports-fiscal-2021-first-110000069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revenues<\/a> YOY climbed 2%. Happy shareholders droves shares of the discount retailer up 2.52%.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f6eb; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/UAL-Q\">United Airlines Holdings<\/a> -11.02%<br \/>\n&#x1f456; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GPS-N\">Gap<\/a> -11.55%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NVA-T\">Nuvista Energy Ltd<\/a> -11.48%<br \/>\n&#x1f3e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BPY.UN-T\">Brookfield Property Partners<\/a> -7%<br \/>\n&#x24c2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MSFT-Q\">Microsoft<\/a> +3.63%<br \/>\n&#x1f34e; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> +2.62%<br \/>\n&#x1f4e6; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AMZN-Q\">Amazon.com<\/a> +1.79%<br \/>\n&#x1f697; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/TSLA-Q\">Tesla Motors Inc<\/a> +8.88%<br \/>\n&#x1f947; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NGD-T\">New Gold Inc.<\/a> +11.17%<br \/>\n&#x1f6cd; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/DOL-T\">Dollarama Inc.<\/a> +2.52%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell assured markets that he&#8217;ll keep interest rates at historic lows through 2022, markets on both sides of the border continued Tuesday&#8217;s selling into Wednesday. The Dow shed 1.04% and the S&amp;P lost 0.53%. 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