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Futures on Bay Street slipped Monday as traders braced for a busy week of Ukraine peace talks, Federal reserve fireworks, and fresh inflation prints all threatening to shake the tape.

Market Numbers (Futures)

TSX : Down  ( 0.10%) 27,877.58
TSXV: Up (1.41%) 790.77
DOW:  Down (0.09%) 44,999.00
NASDAQ: Down (0.20%) 23,756.00
FTSE: Down (0.05%) 9,134.57

In the Headlines:

Ford just dropped a recall bombshell. Over 22,000 F-150s in Canada are headed back to the shop after faulty axle bolts could send them rolling unpredictably or lose power entirely.

And Qantas is coughing up US$58M after regulators ruled its pandemic-era mass layoffs illegal, a costly reminder that shortcuts carry a heavy market price.

Currencies Update: (Futures)

The Canadian dollar grinds higher by 0.19% to sit at $0.7250 U.S., muscles past the Euro up 0.32% to $0.6205, while Bitcoin gets slammed nearly 3%, bleeding out more than $4,600 to land at $158,672.53

Commodities: (Futures)

Natural Gas: Down (3.46%), 2.82
WTI:  Down (0.77%), 62.32
Gold: Up (0.27%), 3,344.44
Copper:  Down (0.76%) 6.01

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