Microsoft, Cenovus and Visa’s reports helped lift markets in New York and Toronto on Wednesday, ending the recent sharp selling streak. The S&P closed 0.21%, the Nasdaq was flat though gained earlier in the session, the Dow added 0.19% and the TSX rose 0.26%. Though Alphabet missed when it reported late Tuesday, Microsoft delivered confident top and bottom line numbers while Visa reported a blowout, signalling that the consumer remains strong.<\/p>\n
Big gainers included Beyond Meat<\/a> up nearly 8%, Booking Holdings<\/a> 4.4%, Microsoft<\/a> 4.81% and Visa<\/a> 6.47%. Losers included Alphabet(A)<\/a> at -3.67%, Boeing<\/a> tanked 7.53% after a terrible report, and Capital One<\/a> at -5.96%. Sectors were mixed, though generally positive. Bitcoin<\/a> surged 2.7% to $39,000. After hours, Meta<\/a> reported and shares jumped 13%.<\/p>\n In Toronto, Cenovus<\/a> reported a positive quarter and a large dividend hike which propelled shares by 10.34%. Energy was easily the strongest sector, followed by materials. Other winners were Baytex<\/a> up 5.72%, Suncor<\/a> 3.92% and Whitecap Resources<\/a> by 6.08%. WTI crude inched up 0.35% to $102 while WCS slipped to $89. Elsewhere, Fire & Flower Holding<\/a> slid over 10%, Shopify<\/a> lost another 2.81% and Colliers<\/a> fell 2.52%.<\/p>\n 🥩 Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND-Q)<\/a> +8% Microsoft, Cenovus and Visa’s reports helped lift markets in New York and Toronto on Wednesday, ending the recent sharp selling streak. The S&P closed 0.21%, the Nasdaq was flat though gained earlier in the session, the Dow added 0.19% and […]<\/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-275470","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\/275470","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=275470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275470\/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=275470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🧳 Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG-Q)<\/a> +4.4%
\nⓂ Microsoft (MSFT-Q)<\/a> +4.81%
\n💳 Visa Inc. (V-N)<\/a> +6.47%
\n🧮 Alphabet Inc. \/ Google (GOOG-Q)<\/a> -3.67%
\n🛫 Boeing (BA-N)<\/a> -7.53%
\n🏛 Capital One Financial Corp (COF-N)<\/a> -5.96%
\n🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD) (CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> +2.7%
\n🕵️♂️ Meta Platforms Inc \/ Facebook (FB-Q)<\/a> +13%
\n🛢 Cenovus Energy (CVE-T)<\/a> +10.34%
\n🛢 Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> +5.72%
\n🛢 Suncor Energy Inc (SU-T)<\/a> +3.92%
\n🛢 Whitecap Resources (WCP-T)<\/a> +6.08%
\n🌿 Fire & Flower Holdings (FAF-T)<\/a> -10%
\n🛍 Shopify Inc. (SHOP-T)<\/a> -2.81%
\n🏛 Colliers International Group (CIGI-T)<\/a> -2.52%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"