TORONTO –
Canada’s major stock index was up Monday, persevering with Friday’s rally, whereas U.S. markets had been additionally up.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 57.45 factors at 18,918.40.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial common was up 417.06 factors at 31,499.62. The S&P 500 index was up 44.59 factors at 3,797.34,whereas the Nasdaq composite was up 92.89 factors at 10,952.61.
There’s plenty of hope that the Fed’s aggressive price hike cycle is coming close to an finish, stated Lyle Stein, president of Forvest Global Wealth Management Inc.
The Bank of Canada is broadly anticipated to announce one other outsized price hike Wednesday.
Canada is in a extra precarious place than the U.S. because of its sensitivity to the housing market, stated Stein. A 50-point hike this week dangers being too little to curb imported inflation, and a 75-point hike dangers damaging the housing market.
“We’re in a little bit of a pickle right here.”
BMO economist Priscilla Thiagamoorthy stated in a word Monday that with Canadian client costs climbing 6.9 per cent in September and grocery costs up 11.4 per cent yr over yr, BMO expects one other 75-point hike.
Data on Monday morning confirmed that aggressive central financial institution tightening is starting to take its toll, stated Candice Bangsund, vice-president and portfolio supervisor for Fiera Capital, in an electronic mail.
She stated buyers obtained some reprieve with stories final week that the Fed was considering a smaller price hike in December after the anticipated 75-basis-point hike in November.
Stein stated a wave of earnings this week, together with a few of the largest tech firms, is coming this week. It will make clearer the impact of inflation and central financial institution tightening on firms, he stated.
“This will probably be a very powerful factor over the course of the subsequent week,” he stated.
The December crude oil contract was down 47 cents at US$84.58 per barrel and the December pure fuel contract was up 28 cents at US$5.75 per mmBTU.
Crude oil slipped decrease Monday on financial knowledge in China that exposed a combined outlook for development and power demand, stated Stein.
The Canadian greenback adopted go well with, alongside a stronger U.S. greenback as considerations concerning the Chinese economic system despatched buyers “flocking to the protected haven forex,” Bangsund stated.
The Canadian greenback traded for 72.88 cents US, in contrast with 72.92 cents US on Friday.
Thiagamoorthy famous that the Biden administration is reportedly planning to launch 10 to fifteen million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to decrease oil costs.
The December gold contract was down US$2.20 at US$1,654.10 an ounceand the December copper contract was down 4.4 cents at US$3.43 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 24, 2022.