Following the same pattern of recent days, markets rallied in the morning only to fall in the afternoon. Though the Dow closed down a few points, essentially flat, the S&P finished -0.54%, the Nasdaq -1.4% as tech led losses again and the TSX ended at a more modest -0.25%. The VIX slipped 3% Thursday, but was still above 30.<\/p>\n
Healthcare and energy were strong as the company Dow popped over 5% and Merck<\/a> rose 1.82%. Elsewhere, AstraZeneca<\/a> gained 4.2%, ServiceNow<\/a> jumped 9.14% and Netflix<\/a> rebounded 7.51% after Bill Ackman revealed he bought on the recent dip. The semiconductor stocks tanked as Intel<\/a> plunged over 7% and Nvidia<\/a> slid 3%. Tesla<\/a> slid 11.55% and Spotify<\/a> fell 2% to 52-week lows after dumping Canadian legend Neil Young who challenged the company for allowing anti-vaccination lies to pollute its airwaves. The U.S. 10-year yield actually declined over 3% to 1.8% as Bitcoin<\/a> fell 4% to $35,600.<\/p>\n The TSX saw energy stocks rise yet again, though materials were weak. Big gainers in Toronto were Stelco<\/a> up 8.14%, Celestica<\/a> 6.4%, Metro<\/a> 3.57% and Rogers<\/a> 3.32%. Losers included Lightspeed<\/a> at -6.13%, Aurora Cannabis<\/a> -6.05% and Shopify<\/a> -5.55% which has fallen by half from its all-time peak. Amid Russian threats of invading Ukraine, WTI crude declined 0.37% to $87 though WCS rose 0.6% to top $74.<\/p>\n 👨⚕️ Merck & Company (MRK-N)<\/a> +1.82% Following the same pattern of recent days, markets rallied in the morning only to fall in the afternoon. Though the Dow closed down a few points, essentially flat, the S&P finished -0.54%, the Nasdaq -1.4% as tech led losses again […]<\/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-262657","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\/262657","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=262657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262657\/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=262657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n💉 Astrazeneca P L C (AZN-N)<\/a> +4.2%
\n💾 Servicenow (NOW-N)<\/a> +9.14%
\n📺 Netflix Inc. (NFLX-Q)<\/a> +7.51%
\n💾 Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> -7%
\n💿 Nvidia Corp (NVDA-Q)<\/a> -3%
\n🚗 Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA-Q)<\/a> -11.55%
\n💻 Spotify Technology SA (SPOT-N)<\/a> -2%
\n🅱 Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO:BCH)<\/a> -4%
\n⛓ Stelco Holdings Inc. (STLC-T)<\/a> +8.14%
\n🧬 Celestica Inc (CLS-T)<\/a> +6.4%
\n🍱 Metro Inc (A) (MRU-T)<\/a> +3.57%
\n📱 Rogers Communications (B) (RCI.B-T)<\/a> +3.32%
\n💾 Lightspeed Commerce Inc (LSPD-T)<\/a> -6.13%
\n🌿 Aurora Cannabis (ACB-T)<\/a> -6.05%
\n🛍 Shopify Inc. (SHOP-T)<\/a> -5.55%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"