Markets on Friday modestly climbed, but not enough to rescue them from a negative week. Blame tariffs. Trumps’s latest proclamation is threatening Canada with heavy tariffs on dairy and lumber, perhaps as soon as today. The ever-changing situation has triggered gridlock on Wall and Bay streets. On Friday, the Dow and Nasdaq both advanced over 0.5%, while the S&P and TSX gained around 0.7%. For the week, the TSX was relatively resilient, down 2.5%, while the Dow sank 2.3%, the S&P fell more than 3% and the tech-laded Nasdaq slid nearly 3.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once more, Nvidia<\/a> was the most-active name, advancing 1.92%, followed by Palantir<\/a> which rebounded 5.53%. Meanwhile, Broadcom<\/a> rallied 8.64%, Walgreens<\/a> 7.45% and Hewlett-Packard<\/a> tanked 11.97%. In Toronto, Suncor<\/a> rose 3.32% as energy led nearly all sectors higher, along with dividend-paying telcos and utilities. Celestica<\/a> rebounded 7.65%, Fortuna<\/a> jumped 6.65%, Lundin Gold<\/a> 6.15%, AltaGas<\/a> popped 3.8% on earnings and MDA Space<\/a> soared 17.73%. In commodities, gold was flat at US$2,911, WTI crude climbed to US$67.05 after a difficult week, and Bitcoin slipped nearly US$3,000 to US$86,900. The U.S. 10-year inched to 4.31%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 NVIDIA Corporation\u00a0(NVDA-Q)<\/a> +1.92%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Palantir Technologies\u00a0(PLTR-Q)<\/a> +5.53%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧬 Broadcom\u00a0(AVGO-Q)<\/a> +8.64%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💊 Walgreen Boots Alliance\u00a0(WBA-Q)<\/a> +7.45%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💻 Hewlett-Packard Co\u00a0(HPQ-N)<\/a> -11.97%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Suncor Energy Inc\u00a0(SU-T)<\/a> +3.32%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧬 Celestica Inc\u00a0(CLS-T)<\/a> +7.65%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🥈 Fortuna Silver Mines\u00a0(FVI-T)<\/a> +6.65%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🥇 Lundin Gold Inc.\u00a0(LUG-T)<\/a> +6.15%<\/p>\n\n\n\n