Wednesday saw the second day of U.S. Fed Chief Jay Powell facing Congress and again he hinted at making progress in the fight against inflation. His dovish sentiments pushed the S&P and Nasdaq to yet more record closes. Both indices rallied over 1% to 5,633 and 18.647 respectively as once more tech led the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nvidia<\/a> was the most influential name, surging 2.69%, followed by Apple<\/a> which rose 1.88% to make a record high. Elsewhere, Albermarle<\/a> jumped 7.11%, CarMax<\/a> 6.46% and Walgreens<\/a> 4.36%. The Dow finished 1.09% higher as the U.S. 10-year yield stayed below 4.3% and Bitcoin<\/a> declined 1.3% to nearly US$57,300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This time, the TSX beat its American peers by climbing 1.4% or more than 300 points. Major movers: Cameco<\/a> 9.4%, CNQ<\/a> 1.53%, NFI<\/a> -5.07%, NexGen Energy<\/a> 8.65% and Denison Mines<\/a> 6.6%. Gold edged up to US$2,371 and WTI gained US$1 to US$82.40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 NVIDIA Corporation\u00a0(NVDA-Q)<\/a> +2.69%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🍎 Apple Inc\u00a0(AAPL-Q)<\/a> +1.88%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ⛏ Albemarle Corp\u00a0(ALB-N)<\/a> +7.11%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🚗 CarMax\u00a0(KMX-N)<\/a> +6.46%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💊 Walgreen Boots Alliance\u00a0(WBA-Q)<\/a> +4.36%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD)\u00a0(CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> -1.3%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ⛏ Cameco Corporation\u00a0(CCO-T)<\/a> +9.4%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs\u00a0(CNQ-T)<\/a> +1.53%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🚘 New Flyer Industries Inc.\u00a0(NFI-T)<\/a> -5.07%<\/p>\n\n\n\n