Canadian Market Up Slightly In Cautious Trade

RTTNews | 868 days ago
Canadian Market Up Slightly In Cautious Trade

(RTTNews) - The Canadian market is modestly higher, recovering from some early weakness, amid cautious moves by investors ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement, due later in the day.

Shares from utilities, technology, industrials, healthcare and communications sectors are finding support, while energy and materials shares are mostly subdued.

The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is up 29.43 points or 0.15% at 20,052.89 about a quarter past noon. The index, which dropped to 19,981.14 in early trades, climbed to 20,081.79 before paring some gains.

Crew Energy (CR.TO), Tamarack Valley Energy (TVE.TO) and Air Canada (AC.TO) are up 3.5%, 2.3% and 1.8%, respectively, on huge volumes.

Birchcliff Energy (BIR.TO, Argonaut Gold (AR.TO) and Brookfield Corporation (BN.TO) have also moved up sharply on strong volumes.

Canopy Growth Corporation (WEED.TO), Athabasca Oil Corp (ATH.TO), Kinross Gold Corp (K.TO) and Suncor Energy (SU.TO) are down 0.7 to 2.5%.

In economic news, manufacturing sales in Canada rose 2.8% month-over-month in October of 2022, compared to the preliminary estimate of 2% and following an upwardly revised 0.1% increase in the prior month.

read more
Little Movement Seen For Japan Stock Market

Little Movement Seen For Japan Stock Market

The Japanese stock market has finished higher in five straight sessions, rallying almost 1,850 points or 5 percent along the way. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 36,050-point plateau and it's likely to hold steady in that neighborhood again on Thursday.
RTTNews | 33 minutes ago
Japan Rate Decision On Tap For Thursday

Japan Rate Decision On Tap For Thursday

The Bank of Japan will wrap up its monetary policy meeting on Thursday and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The BoJ is widely expected to leave its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 0.50 percent.
RTTNews | 1h 33min ago
Swiss Market Ends On Positive Note

Swiss Market Ends On Positive Note

The Switzerland market, which held firm till well past noon on Wednesday after a steady start, suffered a setback in the final hour, but managed to recover in the closing minutes to sign off on a positive note. Easing worries about tariffs and some strong results helped underpin sentiment.
RTTNews | 5h 54min ago
TSX Down Nearly 1% Despite Coming Off Early Lows

TSX Down Nearly 1% Despite Coming Off Early Lows

Despite staging a fairly strong recovery after an early setback, the Canadian market remains firmly down in negative territory a little past noon on Wednesday, with stocks from energy, technology and healthcare sectors reeling under selling pressure. Disappointing Canadian and U.S. GDP data, and Trump administration's policy uncertainty are weighing on sentiment.
RTTNews | 7h 7min ago
German Inflation At 6-Month Low, Core Figure Accelerates First Time In 4 Months

German Inflation At 6-Month Low, Core Figure Accelerates First Time In 4 Months

Germany's consumer price inflation slowed for a second straight month in April to its lowest level in six months as energy prices continued to fall, but the core price growth accelerated for the first time since December as services cost growth increased, which warrants caution from the European Central Bank that is set to reduce interest rates further.
RTTNews | 7h 17min ago