TSX Slips In Red Zone At The Start Of Week

2 min read | March 30, 2021 08:31 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine Media

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TSX Slips In Red Zone At The Start Of Week

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The TSX Composite Index lost 0.18% and settled at 18,719.22 on Monday, March 29. Other indices also showed a downturn. Energy was down by 0.97%, Financials down 0.17% and Healthcare down 1.62%. The traded volume on TSX was 235.28 million. The TSX Venture Index fell 0.79% to settle at 935.83.

5-day TSX Composite Daily Price Chart (as on 29 March 2021). Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)

Sector Summary

Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)

Movers and Laggards on TSX Composite

Top-5 Movers
Ticker	Company Name	% Change
ATD.B	Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc	3.7%
WN	George Weston Ltd	3.7%
DOO	BRP Inc	3.7%
PXT	Parex Resources Inc	2.9%
IFC	Intact Financial Corp	2.4%
Top-5 Laggards
WPRT	Westport Fuel Systems Inc	-8.4%
BLDP	Ballard Power Systems Inc	-6.3%
FVI	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc	-5.8%
SOY	Sunopta Inc	-5.5%
OGI	OrganiGram Holdings Inc	-5.4%

Source: EODHD/Others (Thomson Reuters)

Volume Movers:

TC Energy Corp was the most heavily traded stock by volumes on the TSX with 16.93 million exchanging hands, followed by Power Corporation of Canada, and Suncor Energy with traded volume of 13.90 million and 9.06 million, respectively.

US Markets:

United States market witnessed mixed signals on Monday where the S&P 500 Index went down by 0.09% to 3,971.09. The technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite Index down 0.60% at 13,059.65, while the Dow Jones up by 0.30 % or ~98 points to 33,171.37.

US & Canada Bond Yield:

The US 10-Year Treasury bond yield rose by 2.67% to 1.71 on Monday due to optimism over the coronavirus vaccine and infrastructure initiatives taken by the government.

However, the Canada 10-Yr Government Bond Yield went up by 2.27% to 1.53.

Commodity and Currency Update

WTI Crude Oil Future up by 1.33% to US$ 61.56/bbl on Monday while the International benchmark Brent Oil up by 0.98% to US$ 64.98/bbl as investors curiously waiting for the OPEC+ meeting later this week, where output levels for the May will be addressed.

Gold Futures prices reported decline of nearly two weeks low ~1.17% to US$ 1,712.20/oz due to strengthening of dollar, rising yields, and increased cryptocurrency utilization.

The USD/CAD was up 0.02% to 1.25 on Monday.

The US Dollar Index moved 0.20% higher on Monday against the basket of majors at 92.956 amid surge in Treasury Yields, optimism over COVID-19 vaccine and US economic reforms.

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