SP/TSX rose slightly by 0.05% (+11 points) to close at 21,230 points, rising for 4 consecutive days, the highest in 20 days, and a cumulative gain of 2.4% (+491 points) in a week. And the market added 0.1%.
Only 4 sectors ended lower, ranging from -0.9% (Technology) to 0.6% (Healthcare).
90 out of 150 (60%) largest-cap stocks closed higher, but all with lower volume (left of the orange dashed line). And 61% of all TSX stocks closed higher.
Shopify (SHOP) and Ceridian (CDAY) were down -1.4% and -3.3% respectively, with negligibly thin volume. They dragged Technology to be the worst sector from yesterday’s best.
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Fairfax Financial (FFH) spiked 4.4% to challenge its 2-year high with a 47% YTD gain. It was the best performing large-cap stock.
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