{"id":233747,"date":"2021-07-02T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=233747"},"modified":"2021-07-03T08:10:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:10:48","slug":"u-s-hits-record-highs-before-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/u-s-hits-record-highs-before-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. hits record highs before holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<table cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody style=\"padding: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial;\">\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"center\"><center>This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by <a class=\"expert-name\" href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/expert\/view\/1436\/Varun-Anand\">Varun Anand<\/a>, including <a class=\"company-name-symbol\" href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BLX-T\"><span class=\"company-name\">Boralex Inc.<\/span><\/a> (<strong>A Top Pick Jul 08\/19, Up 62%<\/strong>) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/premium\/?utm_e-top-promo-top-picks-text\">Get Premium<\/a> to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/premium\/?utm_e-top-promo-top-picks-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123205\" src=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/premium-button.png\" alt=\"Get Premium\" width=\"289\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Positive, but not too strong, June employment numbers inspired Wall Street to push all three major indices to break record closing highs on Friday. The S&amp;P rallied 0.75% to make its seventh-straight record close, the Nasdaq jumped 0.81% as major tech names soared, and the Dow advanced 0.51% to close at 34,811. Employment numbers hit the sweet spot by beating the street, but were not so high that they triggered investor fears that the U.S. Fed will raise interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Major gainers: <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> 1.96%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/HLT-N\">Hilton<\/a> 2.58%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MSFT-Q\">Microsoft<\/a> 2.23%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GOOG-Q\">Alphabet<\/a> 2.3% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/XLNX-Q\">Xilinx<\/a> 1.94%. Notable losers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/IBM-N\">IBM<\/a> which plunged 4.64% due to a management shake-up. The U.S. 10-year fell 2.33% to 1.4238%. Americans enter the Fourth of July weekend on a high.<\/p>\n<p>The TSX nearly made it a grand slam as it closed 0.3% higher, but just a hair short of its all-time high after after taking Canada Day off. Consumer staples and real estate led. Notable movers were grocer <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/EMP.A-T\">Empire<\/a>, up 2.83%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/INE-T\">Innergex Renewable<\/a> by 5% as the green power stocks enjoyed a strong session, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/USA-T\">Americas Gold and Silver<\/a> by 3.23% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/LSPD-T\">Lightspeed<\/a> up 3.12%. In contrast, the cannabis names withered, including <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ACB-T\">Aurora<\/a> which slid 5.52% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OGI-T\">Organigram<\/a> down 5.35%. Beyond weed, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/PBL-T\">Pollard banknote<\/a> slipped 4%. The oil action was mixed as WTI remained flat at $75.22 per barrel though WCS raose 0.87%. The Canadian dollar has been declining of late, but climbed nearly 1% Friday to top 81 cents. Gold inched up 0.66%, but stayed below $1,800 per ounce.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f34e; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> +1.96%<br \/>\n&#x1f3e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/HLT-N\">Hilton Worldwide Holdings<\/a> +2.58%<br \/>\n&#x24c2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MSFT-Q\">Microsoft<\/a> +2.23%<br \/>\n&#x1f9ee; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GOOG-Q\">Alphabet Inc. \/ Google<\/a> +2.3%<br \/>\n&#x1f9ec; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/XLNX-Q\">Xilinx Inc<\/a> +1.94%<br \/>\n&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/IBM-N\">IBM<\/a> -4.64%<br \/>\n&#x1f6d2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/EMP.A-T\">Empire Company (A)<\/a> +2.83%<br \/>\n&#x267b; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/INE-T\">Innergex Renewable Energy<\/a> +5%<br \/>\n&#x1f948; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/USA-T\">Americas Silver Corp<\/a> +3.23%<br \/>\n&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/LSPD-T\">Lightspeed POS<\/a> +3.12%<br \/>\n&#x1f33f; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ACB-T\">Aurora Cannabis<\/a> -5.52%<br \/>\n&#x1f33f; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OGI-T\">OrganiGram Holdings Inc.<\/a> -5.35%<br \/>\n&#x1f3db; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/PBL-T\">Pollard Banknote Ltd<\/a> -4%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Varun Anand, including Boralex Inc. 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