S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
The S&P/TSX Composite Index shed 0.1% to close at 36,730 on Friday, retreating slightly from the record reached in the prior session amid losses in the technology and retail sectors. The technology sector tracked weakness among Wall Street-listed hyperscalers, with Shopify losing 3%, Constellation Software down 2.3% and Celestica tumbling 4%. Meanwhile, Canadian retailers traded lower amid disappointing US data pointing to a slowdown in the sector. ATD shed 0.7% and Loblaw lost 1.1%. The industrial sector was also mostly lower, with Enbridge down 1.2% despite fresh data showing growth in Canada’s factory sales. Financials traded mostly higher despite energy-driven inflationary pressures, as signs of macroeconomic headwinds in the US supported expectations of a Fed rate hold at the next FOMC meeting. TD Bank added 0.5% and CIBC gained 0.8%. Gold prices rose on expectations for US monetary policy, lifting miners. Agnico Eagle rose 2.9%, while WPM and Barrick gained 1.3%.
