Volumes were predictably light, but markets on Wednesday finished a strong Q2 and first half of 2021 mixed. The TSX and Nasdaq edged down 0.03% and 0.17% respectively, while the Dow gained 0.62% and the S&P made another record high by climbing 0.13% to 4,297. The year-t0-date scorecard for the major indices: almost 16% for the TSX, 14.41% on the S&P, 12.85% for the Dow, and 12.54% for the Nasdaq as tech returned to fashion among investors. In contrast, gold has slid 6.57% and was flat (up $6) on Wednesday. Energy and tech has been fueling the TSX’s 2021 rally.<\/p>\n
Oil continued to scale new heights as the price of WTI jumped another 0.79% and WCS 0.7% as inventories were lower than expected. In Toronto, financials and tech lagged while oils and materials rallied.<\/p>\n
Mullen Group<\/a> soared 8.88% on a new acquisition while Birchcliff Energy<\/a> jumped 7.22%. In contrast, Pollard Banknote<\/a> closed -3.19% and Brookfield Asset Management<\/a> -2.44%. In New York, Xilinx<\/a> advanced 3.63%, Airbnb<\/a> 4.83%, AMD<\/a> 4.95%, Walmart<\/a> 2.71% and Bed Bath & Beyond<\/a> zoomed 11.3%. All the Dow sectors were in the green. In contrast, Bitcoin<\/a> slid 4% to dip below $35,000. The U.S. 10-year sank 2.5% to 1.44%.<\/p>\n 🚚 Mullen Group Ltd<\/a> +8.88% Volumes were predictably light, but markets on Wednesday finished a strong Q2 and first half of 2021 mixed. The TSX and Nasdaq edged down 0.03% and 0.17% respectively, while the Dow gained 0.62% and the S&P made another record high […]<\/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-233389","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\/233389","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=233389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233389\/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=233389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🛢 Birchcliff Energy Ltd.<\/a> +7.22%
\n🏛 Pollard Banknote Ltd<\/a> -3.19%
\n🏛 Brookfield Asset Management Inc.<\/a> -2.44%
\n💾 Xilinx Inc<\/a> +3.63%
\n🏡 Airbnb<\/a> +4.83%
\n💿 Advanced Micro Devices<\/a> +4.95%
\n🛒 Walmart Inc<\/a> +2.71%
\n🛏 Bed Bath & Beyond<\/a> +11.3%
\n🅱 The Bitcoin Fund<\/a> -4%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"