{"id":283136,"date":"2022-06-22T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=283136"},"modified":"2022-06-22T18:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T22:39:10","slug":"oil-weakens-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/oil-weakens-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil weakens markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fears of a recession depressed crude oil prices and in turn pressured markets on Wednesday. WTI sank 4% to $105 and WCS lost 3.8% to slip to $87. That pushed the TSX down by 1.13% as consumer stamples also weighed on the index, though utilities did well.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto gainers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5163\/KXS-T\">Kinaxis<\/a> by 4.09%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5093\/SHOP-T\">Shopify<\/a> 3.49% <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1201\/TA-T\">Transalta<\/a> 2.81% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/2910\/BLX-T\">Boralex<\/a> by 2.73%. Losers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1424\/BTE-T\">Baytex<\/a> at -12%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1212\/TECKB-T\">Teck Resources<\/a> -9.55%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3969\/MEG-T\">Meg Energy<\/a> -9.5%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/286\/CNQ-T\">CNQ<\/a> -5.09% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1176\/SU-T\">Suncor<\/a> -5.22%. It didn&#8217;t help that the last inflation number of 7.7% was the highest in Canada since 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Wall Street fluttered between the green and red, but closed modestly down with all three major indices surrendering around 0.15%. Gainers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/2191\/NFLX-Q\">Netflix<\/a> up 4.87%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6303\/MRNA-Q\">Moderna<\/a> 4.74%, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5545\/CCI-N\">Crown Castle<\/a> 4.17%. Losers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1464\/FCX-N\">Freeport-McMoRan<\/a> at -7.93%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1515\/MRO-N\">Marathon Oil<\/a> -7.23% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/296\/COP-N\">ConocoPhillips<\/a> -6.06%. Also sinking was the U.S. 10-year yield to 3.15% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6966\/CRYPTOBTC\">Bitcoin<\/a> by 4.75% to nearly dip below $20,000. However, American markets did accept the Fed&#8217;s Jay Powell&#8217;s latest comments on the economy, essentially maintaining his course of action of raising rates as needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5163\/KXS-T\">Kinaxis Inc (KXS-T)<\/a> +4.09%<br \/>\n&#x1f6cd; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/5093\/SHOP-T\">Shopify Inc. (SHOP-T)<\/a> +3.49%<br \/>\n&#x26a1; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1201\/TA-T\">Transalta Corp (TA-T)<\/a> +2.81%<br \/>\n&#x267b; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/2910\/BLX-T\">Boralex Inc. (BLX-T)<\/a> +2.73%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1424\/BTE-T\">Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> -12%<br \/>\n&#x26cf; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1212\/TECKB-T\">Teck Resources Ltd. 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