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Oil prices just keep rising boosting Canada’s main stock index with it this morning.

Market Numbers (Futures)

TSX :Up ( 0.02%) 26,381.08
TSXV: Up (0.60%) 725.90
DOW:  Up (0.04%) 42,813.00
NASDAQ: Up (0.19%) 21,862.00
FTSE: Up (0.56%) 8,881.55

In the Headlines:

The U.S. Federal Reserve will keep interest rates on hold for at least another couple of months, as risks linger that inflation may resurge due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

And Canada Post has slammed the brakes on arbitration talks, rejecting the union’s terms and plunging the contract dispute into a deepening stalemate with no clear path to resolution.

Currencies Update: (Futures)

The Canadian dollar is up 0.08% to $0.7311,  also climbing by 0.02% to $0.6301 against the Euro and Bitcoin grabs a hold of 1.66% to 149,905.36

Commodities: (Futures)

Natural Gas: Down (1.30%), 3.59
WTI:  Up (0.54%), 65.64
Gold: Up (0.32%), 3,338.12
Copper:  Down (0.20%) 6.12

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