{"id":249490,"date":"2021-10-20T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=249490"},"modified":"2021-10-20T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:40:09","slug":"stocks-continue-to-march-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/stocks-continue-to-march-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks continue to march upward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positive earnings from the U.S. so far continued to lift markets on both sides of the border Wednesday. The TSX made another record close by advancing 0.48% to 21,188 while the S&amp;P and Dow nearly made their own highs. The S&amp;P climbed 0.37% and the Dow 0.43% while the Nasdaq ran out of steam and lost seven points at the close. In Toronto, industrials and financials led while staples were the only major sector in the red.<\/p>\n<p>Notable movers were <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CNR-T\">CNR<\/a> up 5.22%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ZZZ-T\">Sleep Country Canada<\/a> 4.26%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/VET-T\">Vermilion<\/a> 3.99%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/FOOD-T\">Goodfood<\/a> -2.61% and cannabis names including <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/HEXO-T\">Hexo<\/a> -6.67%. Crude oil continued to rise with WTI adding 1.55% to top $84 per barrel, and WCS rising 1.7% past $69. The Canadian dollar inched past 81 cents against the USD.<\/p>\n<p>Back on Wall Street, industrials, healthcare and energy rallied while tech was a little mixed. Moving were <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/VZ-N\">Verizon<\/a> up 2.41%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/UNH-N\">UnitedHealth<\/a> 2.52%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MRK-N\">Merck<\/a> 1.99%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/PYPL-Q\">PayPal<\/a> -4.91%, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BKR-Q\">Baker Hughes<\/a> -5.66%. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/QBTC.U-T\">Bitcoin<\/a> continued to surge to new highs, up 3.6% to top $66,000. Meanwhile, the U.S. 10-year yield climbed to 1.645% a gold added 0.7% to $1,780 an ounce. Tech took a breather after days of rallying.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f682; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CNR-T\">Canadian National R.R. 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