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@ the Bell: Commodity weakness couldn’t hold TSX back from another peak

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26 February 2026 16:38 (EST)

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On Thursday, Canada’s resource-driven top stock index moved higher, but weakness among commodity-linked companies dampened the positive momentum from strong tech-sector earnings.


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At the same time, the S&P 500 slipped, with robust reports from Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) falling short of pushing the wider market into positive territory.

TSX34,501.96+374.63
TSXV1,106.69+19.77
CSE175.11+3.27
DJIA49,499.20+17.05
NASDAQ22,878.38-273.69
S&P 5006,908.86-37.27

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.09 cents US compared to 73.11 cents US on Wednesday.

US crude futures traded $0.03 lower at US$65.39 a barrel, but the Brent contract rose $0.08 to US$70.93 a barrel.

The price of gold was down US$9.81 to US$5,197.54.

In world markets, the Nikkei was up 170.27 points to ¥58,753.39, the Hang Seng was down 384.70 points to HK$26,381.02, the FTSE was up 40.29 points to ₤10,846.70, and the DAX was up 113.08 points to €25,289.02.


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