Stocks and oil rose Monday, despite a new U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, peace talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed over the weekend. The S&P climbed 1.02%, the Nasdaq 1.23%, the Dow 0.63% and the TSX 0.51%. WTI traded above $100 earlier in the day, but by the close fell below US$98, adding 1.4%. Meanwhile, gold slipped US$6 to US$4,743 and silver dipped 0.5% to US$75.35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wall Street, Oracle<\/a> jumped 12.69%, Sandisk<\/a> 11.83%, Intel<\/a> 4.49%, while AT&T<\/a> fell 3.21% and PG&E<\/a> tumbled 4.31%. In Toronto, telcos, financials and especially tech led eight sectors higher while staples lagged the most. Baytex<\/a> rallied 3.15%, Saputo<\/a> sank 9.19% after a downgrade, Lithium Americas<\/a> popped 7.28%, Secure Waste Infrastructure<\/a> gained 5.06% after announcing that GFL Environmental<\/a> was buying it (GFL fell 10.05%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.S. 10-year yield dipped to 4.293% while Bitcoin<\/a> rose 2.5% to US$73,135.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💻 Oracle (ORCL-N)<\/a> +12.69%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Sandisk Corp (SNDK-Q)<\/a> +11.83%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 💾 Intel (INTC-Q)<\/a> +4.49%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 📱 AT&T (T-N)<\/a> -3.21%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🧼 Procter & Gamble (PG-N)<\/a> -4.31%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🛢 Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> +3.15%<\/p>\n\n\n\n 🍱 Saputo Inc. (SAP-T)<\/a> -9.19%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ⛓ Lithium Americas Corp (LAC-T)<\/a> +7.28%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ♻ SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. (SES-T)<\/a> +5.06%<\/p>\n\n\n\n