Market Open

TSX futures held the line Wednesday morning, stuck in neutral as traders weighed the inflation fallout from tariff threats and kept one eye locked on U.S. producer price data set to drop later today.

Market Numbers (Futures)

TSX : Flat ( 0.00%) 27,054.14
TSXV: Down (0.48%%) 782.77
DOW:  Up (0.21%) 44,339.00
NASDAQ: Down (0.18%) 23,015.75
FTSE: Up (0.029%) 8,963.81

In the Headlines:

Canada’s emergency alert system is under the microscope as the CRTC launches a public consultation to fix what many say is a dangerously broken warning system.

And Trump may have found a backdoor to oust Fed Chair Jerome Powell, by weaponizing a $2.5 billion building renovation he’s now calling a “disaster.”

Currencies Update: (Futures)

The Canadian dollar drifts slightly lower to $0.7281 U.S., edges up 0.03% against the euro at $0.6283, and Bitcoin lights it up, surging over 1.42% or 2,200 points to C$163,268.86.

Commodities: (Futures)

Natural Down: Up (1.43%), 3.56
WTI:  Down (1.23%), 65.90
Gold: Up (0.39%), 3,335.60
Copper:  Down (0.32%) 5.95

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