All Indexes are Up as Markets Ignore Government Shutdown
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX Composite Index rose 84.86 points, or 0.28%, closing the session at 30,107.67. The index has now gained in the last four consecutive market sessions.
Today’s Market Statistics: The issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were roughly two Advancers for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.90-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,320 Advancers to 695 Decliners while 125 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 461 new 52-Week Highs and 33 new 52-Week Lows. There were 224 new 52-Week Highs and 14 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 416,480,269, or 6% lower than the volume of 442,294,398 shares traded yesterday.
Market Wrap-Up Report
The TSX index put up another strong performance today. The index closed above the 30,000 level for the first time yesterday. Today, the index vaulted right from the opening bell and remained high and in record territory throughout the session. It was a strong performance. The current rally remains strong. The gold miners, which we discussed in this section yesterday, gained again today. Gold miner stocks are likely to remain profitable investments as long as President Trump remains in power. Markets do not like uncertainty. The TSX index’s chart, from August 20 to date, looks like a straight line inclined at 60o (degrees) from the horizontal, indicating continued growth during the period.
Yesterday, in this column, we advised investors and our readers to keep an eye on key names in the TSX market space, and we listed four stocks, including Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG). The first stock named in the list was up 15.04% today. The second stock in that list was Centerra Gold Inc., which ended the session today with a 5.16% gain.
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The US Markets
All three major U.S. stock indexes extended their winning streak to four consecutive sessions, signaling continued investor confidence. The Nasdaq Composite led the gains among the major benchmarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 43.21 points, or 0.09%, to close at 46,441.10. The S&P 500 advanced 22.74 points, or 0.34%, ending the day at 6,711.20. The Nasdaq rose 95.15 points, or 0.42%, finishing at 22,755.16. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000, a key gauge of small-cap stocks, added 5.87 points, or 0.24%, to close at 2,442.35.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) totally outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were two Advancers for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.92-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,864 Advancers to 1,489 Decliners with 335 Unchanged.
Today, there were 580 new 52-Week Highs and 99 new 52-Week Lows. There were 352 new 52-Week Highs and 87 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 6,122,018,232, or just about the same as the total volume of 6,175,285,323 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outnumbered the Decliners. There were roughly seven Advancers for every five Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.35-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,707 Advancers to 2,003 Decliners with 233 Unchanged.
Today, there were 320 new 52-Week Highs and 107 new 52-Week Lows. There were 199 new 52-Week Highs and 115 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 10,377,025,866, or 13% higher than the total volume of 9,183,203,344 shares traded yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
The markets continued to reflect strong investor confidence. In the morning, however, the markets appear to brush aside the government shutdown quickly and went about business as usual. On the NYSE, the advancers totally outnumbered the decliners. It was a robustly positive market session.
One stock in the news today is Lithium Americas (LAC) as the US government announced a 5% stake in the company. When the US government invests in a company, there is the risk of government influencing the company’s management, but the funds the government invest will guarantee the availability of funding to the company as needed. Chip and Disk Drives manufacturing companies did well today. Micron Technology (MU) was up robustly.
After-hours action: Stock Futures are only slightly changed on Wednesday evening. All indexes gained earlier in the day as the markets ignored the US government’s shutdown. Dow Futures is down -21.00 points or -0.04% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 6.25 points or 0.09% at 6767.50, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 54.75 points or 0.22% as of the time (12:30 am ET, Thursday) of this post update.
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