TSX ticks higher despite employment data, loonie up by 0.48%

The rebound after the correction is certainly on for the commodity heavy TSX Composite Index. It ended in the green for the fourth consecutive trading day. Since May 12, it is up 3.5 per cent and 1.4 per cent of that has come in the last four days. ...

US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, May 25, after Fed's minutes from its last policy meeting showed that most members favored more aggressive interest rate increases to calm inflation. The S&P 500 was up 0.95% to 3,978.73. The Dow Jones rose 0...

The rebound after the correction is certainly on for the commodity heavy TSX Composite Index. It ended in the green for the fourth consecutive trading day. Since May 12, it is up 3.5 per cent and 1.4 per cent of that has come in the last four days. ...

It was another day in the green as the TSX Composite Index ended the week’s first trading day up 0.44 per cent. On Monday, May 24, healthcare and technology took biting losses, down 7.5 and 4.3, respectively. However, financials gained about...

US stocks closed higher on Monday, May 23, lifted by gains in mega-cap technology and bank shares following eight straight weekly declines of the indices, the longest streak since the 2001 dot com bubble. The S&P 500 was up 1.86% to 3,973.75. Th...

It was a marginal 15.69-point gain at the end of the trading day Friday, May 20, for the TSX Composite Index but that meant that after seven consecutive weekly losses, the index ended a week in the green. The benchmark index grew 0.49 per cent for...

Benchmark US indices closed mixed on Friday, May 20, as investors were concerned about the elevated inflation, sending S&P 500 into the bear-market territory in intraday session. The S&P 500 was up 0.01% to 3,901.36. The Dow Jones rose 0.03%...

The TSX Composite Index on Thursday, May 19, rebounded by 80.54 points, 0.4 per cent, after its fall of 1.9 per cent the previous day. With a little luck, it might just break its seven-week losing streak, this week. Energy was back up 0.6 per cent...

Wall Street extended its losses on Thursday, May 19, after a sharp fall in the previous session as investors weighed a possible global economic slowdown. The S&P 500 was down 0.58% to 3,900.79. The Dow Jones fell 0.75% to 31,253.13. The NASDAQ C...

The TSX Composite Index on Wednesday, May 18, closed in the red by 389.63 points, down 1.90 per cent, to 20,101.38 after StatCan reported that April’s inflation rate of 6.8 per cent year-over-year breached a new 31-year high. Basics like food ...