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The TSX Composite Index fell 160.46 points or 0.76 per cent to 21,037.07 Friday, October 29. However, the fact that it was only the fourth day in October to experience loss meant that it was the highest monthly gain posted by the index this year. The index gained 4.82 per cent in October.
Amid supply chain concerns, financials were down 1.35 per cent and industrials were down 0.65 per cent. Healthcare and base metals were down 0.65 per cent and 0.73 per cent, respectively.
One-year price chart (October 29). Analysis by Kalkine Group
Volume active
The stock that was traded the most was Suncor Energy Inc with 11.54 million shares exchanging hands, followed by Manulife Financial Corporation where 9.27 million shares exchanged hands, and the Toronto-Dominion Bank with 8.4 million shares exchanging hands.
Movers and laggards
Wall Street update
Microsoft has now beaten Apple as the company with the biggest market cap. Microsoft’s stock gained 2.24 per cent on Friday's trading and Apple’s was down 1.82 per cent. The three main Wall Street indices continued to gain on Friday as they inched upward throughout the day.
Nasdaq grew 0.33 per cent, 50.27 points to 15,498.39. The S&P 500 rose 0.19 per cent or 8.96 points to 4,605.38 points, while the Dow was up 0.25 per cent or 89.08 points to 35,819.56 points.
Commodity update
Gold fell 1.04 per cent and traded at US$ 1,783.90. Brent oil grew 0.07 per cent to US$ 84.38/bbl, while crude oil rose 0.92 per cent to US$ 83.57/bbl.
Currency news
The loonie was down 0.36 per cent against the US dollar on October 29, while USD/CAD ended in the green at 1.2387.
The US Dollar Index had a green day against the basket of major currencies Friday and ended at 94.12, up 0.83 per cent.
Money market
Friday saw the US 10-year bond yield fall 1.01 per cent and end at 1.561.
The Canada 10-year bond yield grew 2.99 per cent on October 29 and ended at 1.723.
