In typically light New Year’s Eve trading, American markets closed on a high note to end 2020. The Dow and S&P closed at record highs, up 0.69% and 0.66% respectively as they saw modest gains in financials and healthcare. However, the Nasdaq was basically flat for the session, finishing up 0.11%, while the TSX slumped -0.52%.<\/p>\n
Intel<\/a> rose 2.27% though Bed Bath & Beyond<\/a> declined 4.72%. On the TSX, financials and industrials led while materials lagged. Big gainers included Pollard Banknote<\/a>, soaring 8.53%, though gold names, such as Kinross<\/a> (-3.11%) and Barrick<\/a> (-2.23%), were among the losers. Similarly, Aurora Cannabis<\/a> slid 4.76%. Bitcoin continued to scale new heights as it broke $29,000.<\/p>\n A bigger story emerges over 2020, the year of the pandemic, which saw chaos, dislocation, but also enormous rebounds in some stocks. The tech-driven Nasdaq soared 45% (ex-dividends), while the S&P rose nearly 16% and the Dow 6.5%. The TSX underperformed Wall Street, falling short of a 3% gain, though some expect Canadian stocks to outperform in 2021. WTI oil was flat, though WCS slipped -0.9% which dragged the Toronto index down.<\/p>\n Stockchase wishes you, your friends and family a safe and prosperous new year!<\/p>\n 💾 Intel<\/a> +2.27% In typically light New Year’s Eve trading, American markets closed on a high note to end 2020. The Dow and S&P closed at record highs, up 0.69% and 0.66% respectively as they saw modest gains in financials and healthcare. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":174836,"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-205600","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\/205600","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=205600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🛏 Bed Bath & Beyond<\/a> -4.72%
\n🏛 Pollard Banknote Ltd<\/a> +8.53%
\n🥇 Kinross Gold<\/a> -3.11%
\n🥇 Barrick Gold<\/a> -2.23%
\n🌿 Aurora Cannabis<\/a> -4.76%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"