{"id":344553,"date":"2026-01-09T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=344553"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:25:31","slug":"jobless-numbers-lift-markets-to-new-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/jobless-numbers-lift-markets-to-new-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobless numbers lift markets\u00a0to new highs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday’s unemployment numbers helped lift Toronto and New York markets to record closes to cap a winning first week of trading in 2026. The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month to decrease the unemployment rate to 4.4%, but that number actually fell short of forecasts. Nonetheless, the street feels that the U.S. Fed will not cut rates this month. Sentiment drove the S&P 0.65% higher to a record 6,966, while the Dow rose 0.48% to a record of 49,504. The Nasdaq climbed 0.81%. For the week, the S&P advanced 1.57%, the Nasdaq 1.88% and the Dow 2.32%. Major movers on Wall Street: Sandisk<\/a> 12.81% to cap a strong week for the computer memory stocks, Intel<\/a> 10.8%, Vistra<\/a> 10.47%, Lennar<\/a> 8.85% and Las Vegas Sands<\/a>, which slid 4.77%. The U.S. 10-year yield edged down to 4.167% while Bitcoin<\/a> declined 0.5% to US$90,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TSX also had a winning week, up 2.3%, and on Friday\u00a0by climbed 0.72% to a record 32,612. All but healthcare rallied, featuring strong performances in energy, materials and real estate. Key names included CNQ<\/a> up 2.08%, Whitecap Resources<\/a> 1.74%, Bausch Health<\/a> -4.35%, Endeavour Silver<\/a> 9.39% and West Fraser\u00a0Timber<\/a> 6.96%. WTI climbed 1.8% to US$58.80, silver jumped US$3 to nearly US$80 while gold rose US$32 to US$4,510.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🧬 SanDisk Corp (SNDK-Q)<\/a> +12.81%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

💾 Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> +10.8%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

💡 Vistra (VST-N)<\/a> +10.47%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🛠 Lennar Corp. (LEN-N)<\/a> +8.85%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

♣ Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS-N)<\/a> -4.47%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD) (CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> -0.5%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T)<\/a> +2.08%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🛢 Whitecap Resources (WCP-T)<\/a> +1.74%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

👨‍⚕️ Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC-N)<\/a> -4.35%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🥈 Endeavour Silver Corp. (EDR-T)<\/a> +9.39%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🌲 West Fraser Timber (WFG-T)<\/a> +6.96%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday’s unemployment numbers helped lift Toronto and New York markets to record closes to cap a winning first week of trading in 2026. The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month to decrease the unemployment rate to 4.4%, but that number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":343920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No","cwp_rev_product_name":"","cwp_rev_product_image":"","wppr_links":[],"cwp_rev_price":"","wppr_options":[],"wppr_pros":[],"wppr_cons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily"],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344554,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344553\/revisions\/344554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}