Gold and gold miner stocks were golden, but growth stocks faltered today
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 47.43 points or 0.17%, to close the session at 27,364.43. The TSX is up two consecutive days, but the gain percentage remains relatively small so far this week.
Today’s Market Statistics: Today, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were three Advancers for every two Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 1.62-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,165 Advancers to 717 Decliners while 171 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 186 new 52-Week Highs and 6 new 52-Week Lows. There were 295 new 52-Week Highs and 19 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 363,754,968, or 2% more than, or roughly the same as, the volume of 356,985,860 shares traded yesterday.
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The US Markets
The market today was a mixed session with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes up while NASDAQ was the laggard. The Dow Jones Average index gained 179.37 points or 0.40%, to close the session at 44,502.44. The S&P 500 index gained a paltry 4.02 points or 0.06% to close at 6,309.62. The Nasdaq Composite declined -81.49 points or -0.39%, to close the session at 20,892.69. In small caps, Russell 2000 gained 17.63 points or 0.79% to close the session at 2248.76. Today was a relatively good day for the small Cap stocks.
Today’s Market Statistics: At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were five Advancers for every two Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 2.47-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,951 Advancers to 1,194 Decliners with 262 Unchanged. This is quite bullish.
Today, there were 256 new 52-Week Highs and 26 new 52-Week Lows. There were 397 new 52-Week Highs and 63 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 5,730,866,516, or 12% more than the total volume of 5,087,918,936 shares traded on yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outnumbered the Decliners. There were roughly three Advancers for every two Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.63-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,833 Advancers to 1,731 Decliners with 238 Unchanged. The Advancers totally outpaced the Decliners, which is bullish, but the NASDAQ composite declined.
Today, there were 141 new 52-Week Highs and 43 new 52-Week Lows. There were 285 new 52-Week Highs and 70 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 11,001,914,494, or 12% less than the total volume of 12,460,405,418 shares traded yesterday.
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Stocks In The News /Stocks To Watch
The Toronto Market
Gold miner stocks had a buoyant session today. The buoyant atmosphere started yesterday. Today, though, growth stocks faltered. Both Celestica and Shopify declined today. The stocks closed off the day’s lows, which happened in the morning right after the opening Bell. Celestica Inc. (TSX:CLS) declined -4.38% or -$9.77 to close at $213.32 with 1.3M shares traded. Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP) declined -4.18% or $7.34 to close at $168.45 with 1.9M shares traded.
On the other hand, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM) gained 4.23% or $7.10 to close at $175.02 with 1.2M shares traded. At the small caps level, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) was up 7.01% or $0.79 to close at $12.05 with 6.6M shares traded.
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The US Markets
The AI influence was very much alive at the markets today. Coreweave, Inc. (CRWV) gained 3.89% or $4.86 to close at $129.77 with 9.4M shares traded. TSSI Inc. (TSSI), a small Cap stock, gained 0.55% or $0.14 to close at $25.40 with 2.6M shares traded. Meta Platforms Inc. (META), a growth and technology stock, declined -1.14% or $8.15 to close at $704.81 with 8.9M shares traded. Astera Labs Inc. (ALAB) declined -4.09% or -$4.98 to close at $116.91 with 7.7M shares traded.
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (NYSE:WPM), the buoyant performance by gold miners, gained 4.71% or $4.31 to close at $95.72 with 3.02M shares traded.
Market Roundup Report
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outpaced the Decliners, which is bullish, but the NASDAQ composite declined, which ordinarily might appear bearish. NASDAQ and S&P 500 have been hitting record highs in the past several sessions. An index cannot continue to keep climb up forever, so a pullback should be expected at some point. Today’s minor pullback in the NASDAQ should be taken as positive. The rally remains intact and would most likely continue, especially now that President Trump has signed a “massive” trade deal with Japan today. The million-dollar question is how gold and gold miner stocks will act going forward? AI and data center services stocks will likely continue to rally, but to what extent will be decided by the market in the next coming days. Recent crypto IPO stocks have stalled after big moves during the first few weeks after going public. One such IPO is Circle Internet. The stock was flying right after IPO, but has now faltered.
Oil Price: US oil prices fell today to $66.21 per barrel. US Oil price is at $65.50 per barrel, as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield fell three basis points to 4.34% today. The 10-year yield was at 4.366%, as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Futures rose as President Trump announced a massive trade deal with Japan this evening. Dow Futures is up 123.00 points or 0.28% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 15.25 or 0.24%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 27.00 points or 0.12% as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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