{"id":254523,"date":"2021-11-22T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=254523"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:42:13","slug":"sluggish-start-to-the-shortened-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/sluggish-start-to-the-shortened-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sluggish start to the shortened week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stocks faded into the close on Bay and Wall streets Monday as the Nasdaq tumbled 1.62%, the S&amp;P (which had looked poised to reach a new high) shed 0.32%, the Dow was essentially flat, while the TSX lost 0.62%. This despite the markets applauding U.S. President Biden renewing Jerome Powell&#8217;s term as head of the U.S. Fed. In Toronto, energy and financials were the only sectors to climb (telcos were flat) as WTI crude rose 0.5% to more than $76 per barrel and WCS jumped nearly 2% to $57.75.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CPG-T\">Crescent Point Energy<\/a> rallied nearly 4% as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/IFP-T\">Interfor<\/a> surged 3.66% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BTE-T\">Baytex<\/a> advanced 2.36%. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BBD.B-T\">Bombardier<\/a> slid 3.3% and weed names such as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/HEXO-T\">Hexo<\/a> (-6.17%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OGI-T\">Organigram<\/a> (-6.32%) dove. Further, tech lost ground as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/SHOP-T\">Shopify<\/a> closed -5.24% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/KXS-T\">Kinaxis<\/a> -4.59%. The Canadian dollar weakened by 0.48% to 78.72 cents against the USD.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer stocks, financials and energy fared well south of the border, though big tech was hammered. Big movers on Wall Street included carmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/F-N\">Ford<\/a> up 5.42%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GM-N\">GM<\/a> 3.66% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/TSLA-Q\">Tesla<\/a> 1.74%, and the banks as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GS-N\">Goldman Sachs<\/a> rose 2.26% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/JPM-N\">JPMorgan<\/a> added 2.13%. However, losing ground were <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ABNB-Q\">Airbnb<\/a> which closed at -7.56%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NFLX-Q\">Netflix<\/a> at -2.89%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AMZN-Q\">Amazon<\/a> -2.83% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GOOG-Q\">Google<\/a> at -1.92. Meanwhile, gold slipped 2.5% to $1,800 an ounce and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CRYPTO:BCH\">Bitcoin<\/a> tanked nearly 6% to $56,000. American markets will close Thursday for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CPG-T\">Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG-T)<\/a> +4%<br \/>\n&#x1f332; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/IFP-T\">Interfor Corp (IFP-T)<\/a> +3.66%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BTE-T\">Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> +2.36%<br \/>\n&#x1f682; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BBD.B-T\">Bombardier Inc (B) (BBD.B-T)<\/a> -3.3%<br \/>\n&#x1f33f; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/HEXO-T\">Hexo Corp (HEXO-T)<\/a> -6.17%<br \/>\n&#x1f33f; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OGI-T\">OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OGI-T)<\/a> -6.32%<br \/>\n&#x1f6cd; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/SHOP-T\">Shopify Inc. 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