{"id":344523,"date":"2025-12-30T18:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T23:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=344523"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T23:11:53","slug":"stocks-drift-down-but-silver-recovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/stocks-drift-down-but-silver-recovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks drift\u00a0down, but silver recovers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s still no sign of a Santa Claus rally as markets continued to fade on Tuesday. On the last full trading day of the year, the S&amp;P closed -0.14%, the Nasdaq -0.24% and the Dow -0.2%. The TSX almost finished in the green, but wound up sinking eight points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sectors were mixed on Bay Street with energy outperforming all as tech sank the deepest. Key names included <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/EFR-T\">Energy Fuels<\/a> at -5.72%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ARE-T\">Aecon<\/a> -2.89%, but <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CNQ-T\">CNQ<\/a> up 2.15%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AYA-T\">Aya Gold &amp; Silver<\/a> 5.52% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ERO-N\">ERO Copper<\/a> 4.19%. Minerals bounced back as silver recovered by $4 to US$76.10 and gold climbed $15 to US$4,347. WTI shed 0.28% to trade around US$57.90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wall Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AES-N\">AES<\/a> rose 2.62%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OXY-N\">Occidental Petroleum<\/a> 2.6%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/INTC-Q\">Intel<\/a> 1.69%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/WSM-N\">Williams-Sonoma<\/a> -3.07% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/MRNA-Q\">Moderna<\/a> -2.38%. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CRYPTO:BTC\">Bitcoin<\/a> edged up 1% to US$88,075. The U.S. 10-year yield remained at 4.124%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x26cf; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/EFR-T\">Energy Fuels Inc. (EFR-T)<\/a> -5.72%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x2699; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ARE-T\">Aecon Group Inc (ARE-T)<\/a> -2.89%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/CNQ-T\">Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T)<\/a> +2.15%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x26cf; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AYA-T\">Aya Gold &amp; Silver (AYA-T)<\/a>  +5.52%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x26cf; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/ERO-N\">Ero Copper Corp (ERO-N)<\/a> +4.19%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4a1; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/AES-N\">AES (AES-N)<\/a> +2.62%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/OXY-N\">Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY-N)<\/a> +2.6%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4be; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/INTC-Q\">Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> +1.69%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f6d2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/WSM-N\">Williams-Sonoma Inc. 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