Indexes roared back with vengeance, reclaimed all points lost last Friday
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Monday, August 4, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
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The Toronto Market was closed for the public holiday – Civic Holiday
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The US Markets
The Dow Jones Average index gained 585.06 points or 1.34%, to close the session at 44,173.64. The S&P 500 index gained 91.93 points or 1.47% to close at 6,329.94. The Nasdaq Composite gained 403.45 points or 1.95%, to close the session at 21,053.58. In small caps, Russell 2000 advanced 45.52 points or 2.10% to close the session at 2212.30. The small caps terminated five consecutive market sessions of decline and did it convincingly.
The Market Breadth: All sectors gained at today’s market session. Technology led the sectors with a 2.27% gain. Basic Materials gained 1.91%, Utilities gained 1.59% and Healthcare gained 1.45%. Financials gained 1.24% and Industrials gained 0.89%. Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.84%, Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.63% and Telecommunications Services gained 0.59%. Energy sector was the laggard with a mere 0.07% gain. The Big Tech company stocks regained their dominance at least today. Nvidia Corp (NVDA) stock soared.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Precious Metals & Minerals, up 5.08%; Retail – Apparel & Accessories, up 4.19%; Coal, up 2.98%; Apparel & Accessories, up 2.96%; and Office Equipment, up 2.94%.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) totally outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were nine Advancers for every two Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 4.48-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 3,362 Advancers to 750 Decliners with 300 Unchanged.
Today, there were 136 new 52-Week Highs and 51 new 52-Week Lows. There were 76 new 52-Week Highs and 137 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 4,913,920,309, or 17% less than the total volume of 5,890,207,217 shares traded on Friday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers totally outnumbered the Decliners. There were three Advancers for every Decliner, or an exact ratio of 3.2-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 3,488 Advancers to 1,090 Decliners with 251 Unchanged.
Today, there were 116 new 52-Week Highs and 95 new 52-Week Lows. There were 190 new 52-Week Highs and 161 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 7,652,025,949, or 23% less than the total volume of 9,900,841,806 shares traded on Friday.
Market Roundup Report
The markets roared back today, recovered all the points lost on Friday and then some. The markets have erased the record of what transpired on Friday based on the hope that Friday’s weak jobs will push the Fed for a rate cut next month. Today was like a rising tide that lifts all boats; all the indexes rose more than 1.2%, with NASDAQ up almost 2%.
Oil Price: US Crude Oil price was $66 per barrel today. US Oil price remained at $66 per barrel, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Monday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.2% earlier today. The 10-year yield was at 4.206%, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Monday) of this post update.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is at $114,362 as of the time of this post update.
After-hours action: Stock Futures are up slightly Monday evening. Dow Futures is up 46 points or 0.10% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 10.25 points or 0.16%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 51.00 points or 0.22% as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Monday) of this post update.
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Stocks In The News /Stocks To Watch
The US Markets
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) hiked its full year guidance during the earnings report earlier this evening. Revenues grew 48% during the quarter. The company surpassed $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time. Share price was up at 168.15 in the after-hours market.
Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) posted higher revenue and profit, but shares fell 13% in the after-hours market after the company announced a projected revenue for the current quarter that is below the consensus amount expected by Wall Street analysts.
Nvidia Corp (NVDA) shares gained 3.62% or $6.28, closing at $180.00 with 48.2M shares traded. Nvidia is due to report earnings on August 27. The stock’s performance is dependent on demand for AI computing chips and, of course, on President Trump’s tariffs and any developments relating to the restriction of the sale of Hi-Tech chips to China. NVDA stock should be on your watchlist. Nvidia stock is heavily weighted within NASDAQ. It is one of those few stocks that directly moves NASDAQ.
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