Canada gained more jobs in March than expected, inspiring speculation about higher interest rates to come, but the TSX still gained 0.16% on Thursday and 1.1% for the shortened week. Most sectors rose, led by real estate and consumer staples, while energy saw modest losses. All in all, it was a quiet session heading into the long Easter weekend.<\/p>\n
Key movers on Bay Street were Cenovus<\/a> at -2.99%, Teck Resources<\/a> 4.29%, Tilray<\/a> 7.01%, The North West Company<\/a> up 5.36% and Canfor<\/a> -5.81%. WTI declined 0.17% but remained around $80.50.<\/p>\n After a weak morning, Wall Street indices climbed and finished higher: the S&P 0.36% to top 4,100, the Nasdaq 0.76% to return to 12,000, and the Dow added two points and was flat. All indices rose for the week with Dow gaining 1.77%, the Nasdaq 0.479% and the S&P in the middle. Tech led the rally with Microsoft<\/a> jumping 2.55%, Meta<\/a> 2.18% and Alphabet<\/a> (A class) 3.78%. However, Ulta Beauty<\/a> slipped 2.41%. Bitcoin lost a little ground but stayed above $28,000 while the U.S. 10-year yield hovered around 3.305%<\/p>\n 🛢 Cenovus Energy (CVE-T)<\/a> -2.99% Canada gained more jobs in March than expected, inspiring speculation about higher interest rates to come, but the TSX still gained 0.16% on Thursday and 1.1% for the shortened week. Most sectors rose, led by real estate and consumer staples, […]<\/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-319903","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\/319903","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=319903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319903\/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=319903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n⛏ Teck Resources Ltd. (B) (TECK.B-T)<\/a> +4.29%
\n🌿 Tilray Inc. (TLRY-Q)<\/a> +7.01%
\n🌲 North West Company (NWC-T)<\/a> +5.36%
\n🌲 Canfor Pulp Products (CFX-T)<\/a> -5.81%
\nⓂ Microsoft Corp (MSFT-Q)<\/a> +2.55%
\n🕵️♂️ Meta Platforms Inc \/ Facebook (META-Q)<\/a> +2.18%
\n🧮 Alphabet Inc (GOOG-Q)<\/a> +3.78%
\n🛍 Ulta Salon Cosmetics and Fragrance Inc. (ULTA-Q)<\/a> -2.41%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"