The trading week and month ended on a Friday rally that saw the Nasdaq and S&P make record highs and the TSX approach its peak. Once again, AI-led tech stocks fueled the Friday rally as the Nasdaq rose 1.13% to 16,273 and advance over 4% for the month. The S&P climbed 0.81% on Friday and 3.6% in February as it reached 5,137. The Dow added 0.26% during the session and 1.12% in the month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notable names were AMD<\/a> popping 5.03%, Meta<\/a> adding 2.48% to make its own new high, and Western Digital<\/a> up 8.12%. However, New York Community Bancorp<\/a> tanked nearly 26% after reporting concerns over “internal controls” which revived calls for more government oversight over regional American banks. Meanwhile, the U.S. 10-year yield declined to 4.186% as and Bitcoin<\/a> added another 2.75% to $62,800.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The TSX rallied 0.86% on Friday and gained 2.05% for the month. Nearly all sectors rose, led by materials, energy and tech while discretionary lagged. The most-traded names were Suncor<\/a> up 1.65% and CNQ<\/a> at 3.34%. Tamarack Valley<\/a> climbed 3.87%, SNC-Lavalin<\/a> 11.36% and Parex Resources<\/a> -6.39%. WTI crude rose about 2% to nearly $80 a barrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Advanced Micro Devices\u00a0(AMD-Q)<\/a> +5.03%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🕵️♂️ Meta Platforms Inc \/ Facebook\u00a0(META-Q)<\/a> +2.48%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Western Digital\u00a0(WDC-Q)<\/a> +8.12%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🏛 New York Community Bankcor Inc.\u00a0(NYCB-N)<\/a> -26%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD)\u00a0(CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> +2.75%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Suncor Energy Inc\u00a0(SU-T)<\/a> +1.65%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs\u00a0(CNQ-T)<\/a> +3.34%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Tamarack Valley Energy\u00a0(TVE-T)<\/a> +3.87%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🏛 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.\u00a0(ATRL-T)<\/a> +11.36%<\/p>\n\n\n\n