Market Open

Energy and mining stocks gave way for reprieve this morning along with easing trade tensions between US and China, tipping futures upward this morning.

Market Numbers (Futures)

TSX : Up  ( 0.24%) 27,841.89
TSXV: Up (0.76%) 793.24
DOW:  Flat (0.00%) 44,084.00
NASDAQ: Up (0.00%) 23,640.75
FTSE: Up (0.02%) 9,131.50

In the Headlines:

Ford just vaulted into the EV arena with a nearly $2 billion blitz to retrofit its 70-year-old Kentucky gas plant—lighting the fuse on what CEO Jim Farley calls the ‘Model T moment’ for modern auto reinvention.

And Canada’s government just unveiled ‘Build Canada Homes’—a new federal vehicle primed to fire up housing supply using Canadian-made materials and aggressive public land rollouts, all while the clock ticks down on widespread affordability

Currencies Update: (Futures)

The Canadian dollar lost ground against the greenback, slipping 0.17% to $0.7232 , and eased off by 0.08% versus the euro to $0.6237 , while Bitcoin tumbled 1.51% to land at CDN$163,287.41.

Commodities: (Futures)

Natural Gas: Down (1.04%), 2.92
WTI:  Down (0.57%), 63.57
Gold: Up (0.07%), 3,347.21
Copper:  Up (0.63%) 6.04

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