Markets rose and dipped modestly Thursday as shelling and negotiations continued on the second day of the Middle East ceasefire. By the close, the S&P advanced 0.62%, the Nasdaq 0.83%, the Dow 0.58% and the TSX slipped 0.45%. Tensions pushed WTI higher by 5% to nearly U$100, while gold rose 1% to US$4,765 and silver added 2% to US$75.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major movers on Wall Street included Intel<\/a> rallying 4.7%, Amazon<\/a> 5.6%, Sandisk<\/a> 9.05% while ServiceNow<\/a> closed -7.86% as software stocks slumped and Crowdstrike<\/a> finished the day -7.46%. In Toronto, only three sectors gained, led by financials while staples, tech and particularly telcos lagged. BlackBerry<\/a> jumped 7.36%, Aecon<\/a> 4.89%, Telus<\/a> -6.87%, Shopify<\/a> -6.52% and CNQ<\/a> -1.53% as the most active name. The U.S. 10-year yield held at 4.29% while Bitcoin<\/a> climbed 1.2% to US$72,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> +4.7%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 📦 Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN-Q)<\/a> +5.6%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Sandisk Corp (SNDK-Q)<\/a> +9.05%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Servicenow (NOW-N)<\/a> -7.86%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD-Q)<\/a> -7.46%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 📱 BlackBerry (BB-T)<\/a> +7.36%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 👷♀️ Aecon Group Inc (ARE-T)<\/a> +4.89%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 📱 Telus Corp (T-T)<\/a> -6.87%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛍 Shopify Inc. (SHOP-T)<\/a> -6.52%<\/p>\n\n\n\n