The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Monday, May 19, 2025 Edition
Indexes Recovered From Deep Lows At Opening Bell To Close Barely Positive
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The Toronto Market
The Toronto market was CLOSED today for the Victoria Civic Holiday. The market will reopen on Tuesday to resume regular market sessions.
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The US Markets
The Dow Jones Average index gained 137.33 points or 0.32% to close at 42,792.07. The S&P 500 index gained a mere 5.22 points or 0.09% to close at 5,963.60. The Nasdaq Composite was up a paltry 4.36 points or 0.02%, to close at 19,215.46. In small caps, Russell 2000 declined -8.82 points, or -0.42%, to close at 2104.43.
The Market Breadth: Seven of the major sectors gained in the market session. Healthcare, up 0.97%, led the sectors for the second consecutive session. Utilities was up 0.81%; Telecommunications services was up 0.62%; Basic Materials gained 0.46%; Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.33%; Financials was up 0.15%; and Industrials gained 0.07%. Technology was down a marginally -0.01%; Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services declined -0.14%; and Energy, down -0.99%, was the bottom performer today.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the TSX today were: Managed Healthcare, up 4.42%; Rails & Roads – Passengers, up 2.37%; Precious Metals & Minerals, up 1.81%; Airlines, up 1.70%; and Tobacco, up 1.57%.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that declined (Decliners) edged out the issues that gained (Advancers). There was one Decliner for every Advancer, or an exact ratio of 1.0-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,054 Decliners to 2,051 Advancers with 300 Unchanged.
Today, there were 216 new 52-Week Highs and 50 new 52-Week Lows. There were 207 new 52-Week Highs and 34 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 4,183,981,794, or 15% less than the total volume of 4,925,118,960 shares traded Friday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outnumbered the Decliners. There was roughly one Advancer for every Decliner, or an exact ratio of 1.04-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,273 Advancers to 2,181 Decliners with 283 Unchanged.
Today, there were 139 new 52-Week Highs and 69 new 52-Week Lows. There were 85 new 52-Week Highs and 11 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 13,653,284,505, or 24.4% higher than the total volume of 10,974,290,607 shares traded on Friday.
Market Roundup Report
The US credit rating downgrade caused the market indexes to open well below Friday’s closing values today. On a positive note, however, the indexes climbed most of the day. Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes managed to close positive, though barely, 0.02% and 0.09%, respectively. The current market rally remains quite strong. It is time to be fully invested. However, readers are reminded to always be prepared to reverse positions as necessary, should the market suddenly spin a surprise. There has been less volatility since the US – China trade deal was signed last week. One must always be ready to quickly review and reverse positions as necessary, for as long as the tariff-related trade negotiations are not all concluded.
Oil Price: US crude oil prices rose today driven, by signs of impasse at US-Iran talks. US Oil price was at $62.75 a barrel as of the time (12:30pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The US Treasury 10-year yield rose to 4.47% in the late afternoon on Monday. The 10-year yield was at 4.461% as of the time (12:30am ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Futures are down Monday evening. Dow Futures was down -89.00 points or -0.20% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures was down -0.34%, and Nasdaq 100 futures was down -0.49% as of the time (12:30 am ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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