Markets ended another volatile week mostly positive, led by the S&P which rose nearly 1% Friday to a new closing high of 4,712. The S&P led the major indices by gaining 3.8% for the week. On Friday, the Dow gained 0.58% and the Nasdaq 0.71%.<\/p>\n
Consumer stocks and especially tech rallied on Wall Street as Microsoft<\/a> and Cisco<\/a> added nearly 3%, while Apple<\/a> made another record close by climbing 2.73%. Elsewhere, Coca-Cola<\/a> popped 2.62%, Ford<\/a> soared 9.81% and its competitor GM<\/a> advanced 6%. As the U.S. 10-year yield slipped to 1.487%, high-growth tech stocks continued to move up. On the downside were Moderna<\/a> at -5.57%, Penn National Gaming<\/a> at -4.04% and Southwest Airlines<\/a> at -3.74%.<\/p>\n Weakness in staples, materials and tech modestly pressured the TSX on Friday as it closed -0.17%, though it gained 257 points for the week to stay right below 21,000. Cannabis names took a beating as Hexo<\/a> slid 5.38% and Canopy<\/a> shed 6%. However, notable gainers included Laurentian Bank<\/a>, up 5.65%, Parex Resources<\/a> at 3.64% and several miners, such as Marathon Gold<\/a> which shone 4.21%. WTI and WCS crude both rallied around 1.5% to $72 and $55.50 a barrel, respectively. Finally, Bitcoin<\/a> inched up 0.75% Friday to around $48,300, but saw its fourth-straight week of declines.<\/p>\n Ⓜ Microsoft (MSFT-Q)<\/a> +3% Markets ended another volatile week mostly positive, led by the S&P which rose nearly 1% Friday to a new closing high of 4,712. The S&P led the major indices by gaining 3.8% for the week. On Friday, the Dow gained […]<\/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-256784","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\/256784","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=256784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256784\/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=256784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n📱 Cisco (CSCO-Q)<\/a> +3%
\n🍎 Apple (AAPL-Q)<\/a> +2.73%
\n🥤 Coca-Cola Company (KO-N)<\/a> +2.62%
\n🚚 Ford Motor (F-N)<\/a> +9.81%
\n🚘 General Motors Corporation (GM-N)<\/a> +6%
\n💉 Moderna (MRNA-Q)<\/a> -5.57%
\n♠ Penn National Gaming Inc (PENN-Q)<\/a> -4.04%
\n🛫 Southwest Airlines (LUV-N)<\/a> -3.74%
\n🌿 Hexo Corp (HEXO-T)<\/a> -5.38%
\n🌿 Canopy Growth Corp. (WEED-T)<\/a> -6%
\n🏛 Laurentian Bank (LB-T)<\/a> +5.65%
\n🛢 Parex Resources Inc. (PXT-T)<\/a> +3.64%
\n🥇 Marathon Gold Corp (MOZ-T)<\/a> +4.21%
\n🅱 Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO:BCH)<\/a> +0.75%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"