As the US-Israel-Iran war rages and little oil escapes the Strait of Hormuz, the price of black gold, WTI, spiked 5.75% to flirt with US$100. That and a surge by materials helped raise the TSX to nearly 32,000 in Friday after gaining 0.23% or 73 points, and over 2% for the week. However, the Wall Street indices sank on Friday and for the week. The S&P closed -1.27% for the session, the Nasdaq -2.15% and the Dow -1.73%. For the week, the S&P and Nasdaq shed around 2.15% while the Dow slipped 1.75%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Materials was the other winning sector on Bay Street as silver jumped 2.85% to nearly US$70 and gold climbed about 3% to US$4,505. Key names in Toronto included CNQ<\/a> up 2.87%, Baytex<\/a> 2.39%, Methanex<\/a> 9.96%, MDA Space<\/a> -6.58% and ATS<\/a> -5.05%. Tech suffered serious losses in New York: Nvidia<\/a> -2.17%, Amazon<\/a>\u00a0-3.95% and Datadog<\/a> -7.9% while Moderna<\/a> posted -7.49% and Coinbase<\/a> -7.06%. Bitcoin<\/a> continued to struggle as it slid 4.35% to US$66,000, and the U.S. 10-year yield edged higher to 4.432%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T)<\/a> +2.87%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> +2.39%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧫 Methanex Corp (MX-T)<\/a> +9.96%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧬 MDA Space Ltd. (MDA-T)<\/a> -6.58%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ⚙ ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATS-T)<\/a> -5.05%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA-Q)<\/a> -2.17%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 📦 Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN-Q)<\/a> -3.95%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Datadog, Inc. (DDOG-Q)<\/a> -7.9%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💉 Moderna (MRNA-Q)<\/a> -7.49%<\/p>\n\n\n\n