TSX climbs as base metals and energy gains, loonie slumps

Highlights Canada's main stock index opened lower on Tuesday. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 0.43% at 20,728.92 at 9:33 am ET. The benchmark index was weighed by technology stocks. Canada's main stock index opened lower on Tuesd...

Futures for Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, dragged down by weaker crude prices, while sentiment remained fragile ahead of US inflation data and a European Central Bank meeting this week on concerns over monetary policy tightening. Also...

Canada's main stock index edged higher on Monday, led by gains for energy and technology, as investors weighed which sectors of the market could fare best as growth potentially peaks for the current economic cycle. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&a...

Canada's main stock index fell on Friday, pulling back from its highest level in nearly one month the day before, as robust US jobs data bolstered expectations for aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Toronto Stock Exchange's...

The TSX Composite Index spiked by 1.54 per cent, Thursday, June 2, to take it past the 21,000-point mark. The last time it was above 21,000 points was on May 5. In what seems like a reversal of sorts from recent days, energy was the only sector in...

Benchmark US indices closed higher on Thursday, June 2, lifted by gains in mega-cap stocks after Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard outlined the central bank’s short-term rate strategy. The S&P 500 rose 1.84% to 4,176.82. The Dow Jones was up 1....

Highlights: The TSX posted no new 52-week highs and two new lows. Across all Canadian issues there were three new 52-week highs and six new lows, with total volume of 33.33 million shares. Toronto shares rose on Thursday, led by mining sto...

The TSX Composite Index fell again Wednesday, June 1, after the Bank of Canada (BoC) raised interest rates by half a percentage point as expected. Energy gained nearly two per cent and industrials almost one per cent, but all the other sectors saw...

US stocks closed the first trading day of June in the negative territory on Wednesday as the latest economic data provided mixed signals, which didn’t help ease investors’ rate fears. The S&P 500 was down 0.75% to 4,101.23. The Dow J...

The seven-day green streak of the TSX Composite Index ended Tuesday, May 31, after it fell by 190.06 points, 0.91 per cent. All the sectors closed in the red, energy down 2.8 per cent. This meant that the index posted a second straight monthly los...