Earnings driving the market this week
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 134.46 points or 0.49%, to close the session at 27,405.42. The total volume of shares traded was up 5% compared to yesterday.
Today’s Market Statistics
Today, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were roughly three Decliners for every two Advancers, or a more exact ratio of 1.57-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,201 Decliners to 729 Advancers while 146 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 240 new 52-Week Highs and 13 new 52-Week Lows. There were 243 new 52-Week Highs and 16 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 329,622,540, or 5%, roughly one in twenty, more than the volume of 314,413,154 shares traded yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
TSX was bullish today, and on the plus side, the volume of shares traded was higher, there is an increase of 5% in the volume of shares traded, which gives some credibility to the possibility of a bullish trend. The TSX was up 0.49% but was down -0.32% yesterday, a clear reversal of yesterday’s market trend today, but a day is not enough to jump to a conclusion. The TSX has been a top performer this year, and while down a couple of sessions this past week, has not lost that top-performing index consideration.
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The US Markets
All major indexes closed in the red today. The Dow Jones Average index declined -204.57 points or -0.46%, to close the session at 44,632.99. The S&P 500 index declined -18.91 points or -0.30% to close at 6,370.86. The Nasdaq Composite declined -80.29 points or -0.38%, to close the session at 21,098.29. In small caps, Russell 2000 declined -13.76 or -0.61% to close the session at 2242.96.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) narrowly outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were roughly one Advancer for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.03-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,101 Advancers to 2,028 Decliners with 279 Unchanged.
Today, there were 246 new 52-Week Highs and 62 new 52-Week Lows. There were 259 new 52-Week Highs and 55 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 5,163,143,492, or 11% more than the total volume of 4,625,399,801 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Decliners outnumbered the Advancers. There were two Decliners for every Advancer, or an exact ratio of 2.10-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 3,110 Decliners to 1,479 Advancers with 241 Unchanged.
Today, there were 198 new 52-Week Highs and 101 new 52-Week Lows. There were 204 new 52-Week Highs and 72 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 10,370,536,570, or 7% less than the total volume of 11,125,993,108 shares traded yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
Volume on the NASDAQ was down today compared to yesterday. The reverse was the case at the NYSE, volume was up a healthy 11% but indexes were down. The small caps are struggling. Russell 2000 is the worst performer of the indexes today. The relatively poor performance by the small caps has been on now for three consecutive sessions.
The markets are being driven this week by the earnings reports. Investors are also awaiting the outcome of the current Fed’s 2-day meeting, which normally will end with the Fed Chief, Powell, giving a summary of the meeting’s deliberation at 2pm on Wednesday.
Oil Price: West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose to $67.35 a barrel. US Oil price was at $69.13 per barrel, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year US Treasury yield dropped 11 basis points to 4.33%. The 10-year yield was at 4.328%, as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) declined 0.5% to $117,462,
After-hours action: Stock Futures are slightly up this evening. Dow Futures is up 46 points or 0.10% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 9.25 points or 0.14%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 50.50 points or 0.22% as of the time (11:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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Stocks In The News /Stocks To Watch
The Toronto Market
Shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) advanced 2.26% to C$173.83 today. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. closed 1.6% short of its 52-week high of C$176.62, which the company achieved on July 22nd. Today, AEM stock gained 2.27% or $3.85 and closed at $173.83 with 564k shares changing hands. This trading volume is below the 50-day average volume of 935,430 for the stock
We featured Celestica Inc. (CLS) in this column yesterday. Today, Celestica stock gained 16.92% or $40.29 to close at $278.36 with 1.8M shares traded.
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The US Markets
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) was one of the better-performing stocks today. Today, the stock gained 2.18% or $3.78 to close at $177.44 with 108M shares changing hands. AMD stock definitely has more room to grow.
The quiet winner today is Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS). The Financials fell in the late afternoon, but Goldman Sachs literally defied the trend. GS stock gained 1.17% or $8.46 to close at $732.11 with 2.1M shares traded.
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