{"id":343744,"date":"2025-07-23T18:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=343744"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:48:51","slug":"trade-optimism-lifts-markets-to-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/trade-optimism-lifts-markets-to-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade optimism lifts markets to highs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <em>Financial Times <\/em>report that the U.S. and EU were near a trade agreement helped lift indices in Toronto and New York to record closes once again. The S&amp;P climbed 0.78%, the Nasdaq 0.61% and the TSX 0.19% to 27,416. The Dow rallied the most by 1.14%. Investors were hoping that the EU would follow in the footsteps of Japan, which just announced a trade understanding with the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In New York, major movers included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/LW-N\">Lamb Weston<\/a> soaring 16.31%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/GEV-N\">GE Vernova<\/a> 14.58%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/NVDA-Q\">Nvidia<\/a> 2.25%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/FISV-Q\">Fiserv<\/a> -13.85% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/TXN-Q\">Texas Instruments<\/a> -13.34%. In Toronto, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/BTE-T\">Baytex<\/a> jumped 4.8%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OLA-T\">Orla Mining<\/a> -6.53%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CPX-T\">Capital Power<\/a> 5.18%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CLS-T\">Celestica<\/a> 7.52% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CNQ-T\">CNQ<\/a> -4.09%. Seven sectors were positive in Toronto, led by energy and discretionary, while industrials lagged the most. 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The S&amp;P climbed 0.78%, the Nasdaq 0.61% and the TSX 0.19% to 27,416. 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