After opening strong, markets in Toronto and New York rode a choppy session Wednesday. The Dow closed modestly up by 0.14% to make a record high while the S&P finished -.03% and the Nasdaq -0.33%. Cannabis stocks helped drive the TSX to 0.22%. In fact in the U.S., weed stocks were sparked by Reddit-inspired buying as well as the ongoing pro-pot vibe wafting from the Joe Biden White House.<\/p>\n
Tilray<\/a> soared nearly 51% on Wall Street and Aurora jumped 21.2%. In Toronto, Organigram<\/a> rocketed 37.55% while Aurora<\/a> popped 21.32%. The TSX was also driven by energy stocks which was the strongest sector. U.S. oil inventories fell 6.6 million barrels vs. an estimated 177,000 drop. Cenovus<\/a> leapt 7.6%. Meanwhile, Cameco<\/a> advanced 8.52% after their earnings call. However, Ballard Power<\/a> slid 13%, Keyera<\/a> fell 4.83% and Kinaxis<\/a> slipped 3.16%.<\/p>\n Similarly, the picture was mixed on the Dow as Walgreens<\/a> surged 3.14% while Cisco<\/a> Systems slid 2.6% on a disappointing quarter and forecast. In contrast, Twitter<\/a> leapt 13.2% on a strong Q4, and Chevron<\/a> rose 1.72%. Despite the surge in energy names, the price of WTI was flat while WCS retreated over 1%. Gold was flat while Bitcoin<\/a> sank 5.5% though still hovered around $44,700. Overall, trading volumes continued to be lighter than usual.<\/p>\n 🌿 Tilray<\/a> +51% After opening strong, markets in Toronto and New York rode a choppy session Wednesday. The Dow closed modestly up by 0.14% to make a record high while the S&P finished -.03% and the Nasdaq -0.33%. Cannabis stocks helped drive the […]<\/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-211670","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\/211670","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=211670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211670\/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=211670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🌿 OrganiGram Holdings Inc.<\/a> +37.55%
\n🌿 Aurora Cannabis<\/a> +21.32%
\n🛢 Cenovus Energy<\/a> +7.60%
\n☣ Cameco Corporation<\/a> +8.52%
\n🔋 Ballard Power Systems<\/a> -13%
\n🛢 Keyera Corp<\/a> -4.83%
\n💾 Kinaxis<\/a> -3.16%
\n💊 Walgreen Boots Alliance<\/a> +3.14%
\n📱 Cisco<\/a> -2.6%
\n🐦 Twitter, Inc<\/a> +13.2%
\n🛢 Chevron Texaco<\/a> +1.72%
\n🅱 The Bitcoin Fund<\/a> -5.5%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"