Big Techs brought markets in the red today, as NASDAQ declined 1.45%
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index declined -98.97 points or -0.35%, to close the session at 27,823.88. The TSX recedes further away from the 28,000-point level.
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Today’s Market Statistics: The issues that declined (Decliners) outnumbered those that gained (Advancers). There were roughly six Decliners for every five Advancers, or a more exact ratio of 1.18-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,035 Decliners to 875 Advancers while 139 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 210 new 52-Week Highs and 18 new 52-Week Lows. There were 143 new 52-Week Highs and 10 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 328,807,245, or 5% less than the volume of 347,408,753 shares traded yesterday.
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The US Markets
Today was another mixed market session. Dow Jones Average index gained 10.45 points or 0.02%, to close the session at 44,922.27. The S&P 500 index declined -37.78 points or -0.59% and closed the session at 6,411.37. The Nasdaq Composite declined -314.82 points or -1.46%, and closed the session at 21,314.82. In small caps, Russell 2000 declined -17.86 points or -0.78%, and closed the session at 2276.61. Small caps, like the rest of the market, declined today. Dow Jones index was the only index to gain today, but like yesterday, the gain was minuscule. The markets are struggling.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There was one Advancer for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.06-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,130 Advancers to 2,011 Decliners with 321 Unchanged.
Today, there were 205 new 52-Week Highs and 62 new 52-Week Lows. There were 188 new 52-Week Highs and 36 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 4,511,128,035, or 6% higher than the total volume of 4,239,477,394 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Decliners outnumbered the Advancers today. There were roughly two Decliners for every Advancer, or an exact ratio of 1.89-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 3,020 Decliners to 1,595 Advancers with 264 Unchanged.
Today, there were 118 new 52-Week Highs and 108 new 52-Week Lows. There were 142 new 52-Week Highs and 74 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 8,774,783,187, or 3% – three hundredths, higher than the total volume of 8,513,033,853 shares traded yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
The big tech giants brought the markets to their knees today. Major technology stocks lost about $385 billion in market capitalization, but overall market action suggested a rotation out of technology stocks. Despite this trend, Intel defied gravity, gaining 7% while most other big tech stocks declined sharply.
Things were relatively normal at the NYSE. There was a clear rotation out of growth stocks, particularly in technology. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) shares crashed, falling 9.4% in their fifth consecutive session of decline. Nvidia Corp. dropped 3.5%. Technology, down 1.81%, was the weakest sector of the day.
If your portfolio is heavily weighted toward technology, you likely suffered a significant loss today. It may be better to exit before further damage is done. The Nasdaq closed down 1.46%.
Oil Price: Oil prices rose, as West Texas intermediate futures settled near $62.60 a barrel. US Oil price was at $62.58 per barrel, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: US Treasury yields were lower. The 10-year fell 2.9 basis points to 4.31%. The 10-year yield was at 4.318%, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
Gold was down 0.6% at $3,359.10 per troy ounce, while silver dropped 2% to $37.27 per ounce.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is of $113,541.00, up 0.27% as at the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Stock Futures are all down on Tuesday evening. Dow Futures is down -82.00 points or -0.18% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is down -15.75 points or -0.26%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is down -104.75 points or 0.44% as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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