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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