The week ended with investors seeing green in Toronto as well as New York. The TSX made yet another record close after rising 0.67% Friday to 22,695. The Canadian index finished nearly 3% higher for the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most influential names were TD<\/a> up 0.82%, CNQ<\/a> -1.28% and Barrick Gold<\/a> 2.06%. Elsewhere, Aritzia<\/a> soared 14.82% and Spin Master<\/a> jumped 5.92%. Gold declined a modest US$4 to US$2,411, while WTI crude slipped 0.5% to US$82.20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wall Street, too, saw more records broken on Friday as the Dow topped 40,000 and the S&P breached an intraday high. They both rallied over 0.6% for the day, and the Nasdaq nearly as much. For the week, the Dow rose 1.6%, the S&P about 0.9% and the Nasdaq less than 0.3%. Most influential were Nvidia<\/a> by 1.51%, Tesla<\/a> 3.14% and Apple<\/a> 1.28%. Friday saw American bank earnings and those stocks sliding, such as Wells Fargo<\/a> down over 6%. Meanwhile, Ford<\/a> gained 4.34%. Lifting sentiment the past week were light inflation numbers and dovish comments made by the U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell, which increased hopes of a rate cut in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🏛 Toronto Dominion\u00a0(TD-T)<\/a> +0.82%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs\u00a0(CNQ-T)<\/a> -1.28%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🥇 Barrick Gold\u00a0(ABX-T)<\/a> +2.06%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 👗 Aritzia Inc.\u00a0(ATZ-T)<\/a> +14.82%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧸 Spin Master Corp\u00a0(TOY-T)<\/a> +5.92%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 NVIDIA Corporation\u00a0(NVDA-Q)<\/a> +1.51%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🚗 Tesla Inc\u00a0(TSLA-Q)<\/a> +3.14%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🍎 Apple Inc\u00a0(AAPL-Q)<\/a> +1.28%<\/p>\n\n\n\n