Markets Fall Ahead of FOMC Minutes Release Tomorrow
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX Composite Index fell by 115.79 points, or 0.39%, closing the session at 29,315.79. It appears the index has returned to its recent pattern of alternating between gains and losses—a cycle that, if it benefits anyone, likely favors only short-term traders. The market is seemingly waiting for a catalyst to drive it into a more decisive trend.
Today’s Market Statistics: The issues that declined (Decliners) outnumbered those that gained (Advancers). There were three Decliners for every two Advancers, or a more exact ratio of 1.47-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,182 Decliners to 800 Advancers while 149 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 296 new 52-Week Highs and 27 new 52-Week Lows. There were 422 new 52-Week Highs and 25 new 52-Week Lows on yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 502,001,583, or 2% higher than the volume of 492,076,112 shares traded on yesterday.
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The US Markets
Dow Industrial Average index declined -125.55 points or -0.27%, to close the session at 45,757.90. The S&P 500 index declined -8.52 points or -0.13% and closed the session at 6,606.76. The Nasdaq Composite declined -14.79 points or -0.07%, and closed the session at 22,333.96. In small caps, Russell 2000 declined -2.10 points or -0.09%, and closed the session at 2403.03.
Today’s Market Statistics: At the NYSE, the issues that declined (Decliners) outnumbered the issues that gained (Advancers). There was one Decliner for every Advancer, or a more exact ratio of 1.07-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,207 Decliners to 2,061 Advancers with 343 Unchanged.
Today, there were 503 new 52-Week Highs and 62 new 52-Week Lows. There were 717 new 52-Week Highs and 76 new 52-Week Lows on yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 5,445,498,802, 6% higher than the total volume of 5,132,690,362 shares traded on yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers narrowly edged out the Decliners. There was one Advancer for every Decliner, or an exact ratio of 1.02-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,339 Advancers to 2,297 Decliners with 276 Unchanged.
Today, there were 342 new 52-Week Highs and 78 new 52-Week Lows. There were 412 new 52-Week Highs and 89 new 52-Week Lows on yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 8,789,125,121, or 4% lower than the total volume of 9,123,997,514 shares traded on yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
Markets ended lower today as investors remained cautious ahead of tomorrow afternoon’s release of the Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting minutes.
Oil Price: U.S. crude oil prices rose to $64.52 a barrel earlier today. US Oil price is at $64.41 per barrel, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.025%. The 10-year yield is at 4.024%, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
Gold is down slightly, -$5.20, at $3,720.20 per troy ounce, while Silver is down -0.14% at $42.33 per ounce as of the time of this post update.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is at $116,634.00, down -$112.55 or 0.09% as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Stock Futures were little changed this evening. Dow Futures is down -33.00 points or -0.07% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is down -2.25 points or -0.03%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 0.75 points or 0.00% as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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