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The TSX Composite Index dropped by 0.77% to 18,669.80 on Tuesday and recorded trade volume of 252.07 million. The sectors attributing to this fall are Healthcare, Energy and Basic Materials, registering decline of 2.85%, 2.05% and 2.64%, respectively.
Sectoral Summary
Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)
Various indices showing downturn are energy index, down by 4.64%, healthcare index, down by 2.46% coupled with Industrial and Base Metal index showed the dip of 0.26% and 4.53%, respectively.
5-day Daily Price Chart (as on March 23, 2021). Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)
The TSXV dropped by 2.82% to 966.82 from last traded day.
Top-5 Gainers and Laggards
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Ticker |
Company Name |
% Change |
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Top-5 Movers |
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WN |
George Weston Ltd |
5.3% |
|
L.PR. B |
Loblaw Companies Ltd |
3.5% |
|
MFI |
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. |
2.0% |
|
TCN |
Tricon Residential Inc. |
1.9% |
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QSP.UN |
Restaurant Brands International Inc |
1.8% |
|
Top-5 Laggards |
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WPRT |
Westport Fuel Systems Inc. |
-10.1% |
|
HBM |
Hudbay Minerals Inc. |
-8.3% |
|
MEG |
MEG Energy Corp. |
-8.1% |
|
VET |
Vermillion Energy Inc. |
-7.9% |
|
NXE |
Nexgen Energy Ltd. |
-7.5% |
Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)
Most Actively Traded (Vol.)
On Tuesday, Share of Bombardier Inc. was the most active stock from the volume standpoint with 23.47 million shares exchanged hands. Further, shares of Suncor Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. were also among the active stocks, with daily volume of 14.84 million and 14.60 million, respectively.
US Markets
Benchmark indices of the United States moved in red, led by the recent resurgence in the COVID-19 cases in Europe and Asia Pacific. The S&P 500 Index dip by 0.76% to 3,910.52. The technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite Index down 1.12% at 13,227.70, while the Dow Jones slipped by 0.94 % or ~308 points to 32,423.15.
US & Canada Bond Yield:
Yield on the US 10-Year Treasury Bond plummeted by 4.27% to 1.62%.
The Canada 10-Yr Government Bond Yield declined by 4.30% to 1.49%.
Commodity and Currency Update
WTI Crude Oil Futures plummet 6.16% to US$ 57.56/bbl on Tuesday while the International benchmark Brent Oil Contract gave up ~5.93% to US$ 60.79/bbl on the same day.
Gold Futures
Safe-have yellow metal “Gold Futures” prices went down by 0.75% to US$ 1,725.10/oz. The continued weakness in the gold prices in mainly on account of higher treasury bond yield and a strong US Dollar against the majors.
Forex Update
Canadian Dollar lost ground against the greenback, with CAD/USD pair trading 0.53% lower at 0.7943. The loonie weakened against its US counterpart for the fourth straight day.
The Dollar Index rose 0.66% on Tuesday against the basket of majors at 92.347.
