The TSX Composite Index fell 69.78 points, 0.34 per cent, to 20,692.22 Monday, May 2. Healthcare gained 1.4 per cent and IT 1.7 per cent but all the other sectors were in the red. Tech and cannabis stocks were the day’s biggest gainers.
2022 continues its bearish trend with factors such as inflation, interest rate hikes, supply chain woes, a war in eastern Europe and now Covid-19 lockdowns in China weighing heavy on it.
One-year price chart (May 2). Analysis by © 2022 Kalkine Media®
Volume actives
Suncor Energy Inc saw 13.7 million shares traded, making it the most active stock. It was followed by Enbridge Inc that saw over 12.2 million shares switch hands, and Manulife Financial Corporation saw 8.1 million shares traded.
Movers and laggards
Ticker |
Company Name |
1-day Price % Change |
Top-5 Gainers |
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SHOP |
Shopify Inc |
6.1% |
WEED |
Canopy Growth Corp |
5.3% |
TLRY |
Tilray Brands Inc |
5.2% |
CAE |
CAE Inc |
4.7% |
DCBO |
Docebo Inc |
4.3% |
Top-5 Laggards |
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SSL |
Sandstorm Gold Ltd |
-7.2% |
FFH |
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd |
-6.3% |
CCA |
Cogeco Communications Inc |
-5.4% |
ERO |
Ero Copper Corp |
-5.3% |
SES |
Secure Energy Services Inc |
-5.0% |
Wall Street updates
The Fed is meeting this week and there could well be another interest rate hike. The Dow was up 84.29 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 33,061.50 points, and the S&P 500 spiked 23.45 points, 0.57 per cent, to 4,155.38 points. Nasdaq’s benchmark ended higher by 201.38 points, 1.63 per cent, to 12,536.02.
Commodities update
Gold was down 1.78 per cent to US$ 1,863.60. The price of Brent oil was up 0.65 per cent and was at US$ 107.64/bbl and that of crude oil rose 0.46 per cent to US$ 105.17/bbl.
Currency news
The loonie lost 0.18 per cent compared to the US dollar while USD/CAD ended at 1.2878. The US Dollar Index was at 103.58 against the basket of major currencies, up 0.28 per cent.
Money market
The US 10-year bond yield was up 1.81 per cent to 2.987 and the Canada 10-year bond yield was up 2.73 per cent to 2.968.