Market Open

Investors were able to find a moment of reprieve this morning following a heightened record-breaking previous session and shifting focus to asses the health of the economy data south of the border.

Market Numbers (Futures)

TSX : Up  ( 0.03%) 28,001.83
TSXV: Down (0.27%) 786.46
DOW:  Up (0.04%) 45,042.00
NASDAQ: Up (0.03%) 23,954.50
FTSE: Up (0.06%) 9,170.92

In the Headlines:

Canada fires up a $1.7M mission for its first solo rocket launch into orbit.

And AI upstart Perplexity just lobbed a jaw-dropping $34.5 billion all-cash offer for Google’s Chrome—dropping the mic amid antitrust pressure and positioning itself as the unlikely kingmaker in the browser wars.

Currencies Update: (Futures)

The Canadian dollar lost ground across the board, slipping 0.19% against the U.S. dollar to $0.7239, barely edging down by 0.02% versus the euro to $0.6205, and taking a sharper hit against the yen, down over 0.76% to ¥105.4921, while Bitcoin broke the gloom, climbing 0.45% to land at CDN$166,747.00

Commodities: (Futures)

Natural Gas: Down (0.78%), 2.80
WTI:  Up (0.48%), 65.94
Gold: Up (0.03%), 3,355.55
Copper:  Down (0.17%) 6.03

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