Friday saw a modest Santa Claus rally as all the major indices closed positive and gently rose during a low-volume session. Friday halted a losing streak this week. The S&P finished 0.57% on Friday and -0.23% for the week, the Nasdaq 0.19% for the day but -2% during the week, and the Dow added 0.51% Friday and gained 0.85% over the week. Most sectors were higher.<\/p>\n
Gainers included Amazon<\/a> up 1.64%, Hess<\/a> 4.72% and Halliburton<\/a> 4.13% as energy enjoyed a strong rally. However, Moderna<\/a> slid 4.42% and Tesla<\/a> fell another 1.51% as the heaviest-traded stock.<\/p>\n WTI crude spiked 2.76% to nearly $80 a barrel. By far, energy was the strongest sector, followed by utlities and materials on Bay Street. Tech was among the few laggards. The TSX advanced 0.78% Friday and added 0.26% for the week. TC Energy<\/a> changed the most hands and popped 2.33%, Suncor<\/a> jumped 3.38% and Athabasca Oil<\/a> soared 9.3%. In contrast, CIBC<\/a> declined 1.08% and Canada Goose<\/a> dove 4.32%.<\/p>\n Stockchase wishes you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n 📦 Amazon.com (AMZN-Q)<\/a> +1.64% Friday saw a modest Santa Claus rally as all the major indices closed positive and gently rose during a low-volume session. Friday halted a losing streak this week. The S&P finished 0.57% on Friday and -0.23% for the week, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"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-306976","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\/306976","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306976\/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=306976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🛢 Hess Corp. (HES-N)<\/a> +4.72%
\n🛢 Halliburton Co (HAL-N)<\/a> +4.13%
\n💉 Moderna (MRNA-Q)<\/a> -4.42%
\n🚗 Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA-Q)<\/a> -1.51%
\n🛢 TC Energy (TRP-T)<\/a> +2.33%
\n🛢 Suncor Energy Inc (SU-T)<\/a> +3.38%
\n🛢 Athabasca Oil Sands Corp (ATH-T)<\/a> +9.3%
\n🏛 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM-T)<\/a> -1.08%
\n🧣 Canada Goose Holdings (GOOS-T)<\/a> -4.32%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"