The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Weekend June 27 – 29, 2025 Edition
Wall Street on Fire: Market indexes keep smashing records
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index declined -59.63 points or -0.22%, to close the session at 26,692.32.
The data in the image above was as of Friday evening. Please refer to the After-hours Action report update further down in this report if interested in recent updates to Gold and Oil prices.
The Market Breadth
Technology, up 0.84%, and Financials, up 0.31%, were the top two of the seven sectors that gained on Friday. Industrials gained 0.30%; Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.24%; Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.10%; Utilities gained 0.07% and Healthcare gained a mere 0.01%. Telecommunications Services declined -0.22%; Energy declined -0.38%; and Basic Materials, down -2.60% was the laggard on Friday.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the TSX today were: Tires & Rubber Products, up 4.35%; Media Diversified, up 2.49%; Communications Equipment, up 1.97%; Electrical Components & Equipment, up 1.81%; and Restaurants, up 1.34%.
Today’s Statistics
Friday, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were roughly three Advancers for every two Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 1.43-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,128 Advancers to 788 Decliners while 147 stocks remained Unchanged.
Friday, there were 207 new 52-Week Highs and 18 new 52-Week Lows.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX on Friday was 455,211,147, or 2% higher than the volume of 446,228,114 shares traded on Wednesday.
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The US Markets
The Dow Jones Average index gained 432.43 points or 1.00%, to close the session at 43,819.27. The S&P 500 index gained 32.05 points or 0.52% to close at 6,173.07. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 105.55 points or 0.52%, to close the session at 20,273.46. In small caps, Russell 2000 advanced a mere 0.42% of a point or 0.02% to close at 2172.53. The indexes were up but the volume of shares traded was up for each of the indexes, with the volume of shares traded for NASDAQ up a whopping 30% higher than the volume of shares traded on Thursday. The indexes are hitting all-time-highs and with good support from the big buyers – the institutions. The small caps did not participate in the upward climb today.
The Market Breadth
Seven of the eleven major sectors of the US markets gained in Friday’s market session. Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 1.60% and was the top sector. Industrials gained 0.71%; Telecommunications Services gained 0.64%; Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.55%; and Technology gained 0.47%. Financials gained 0.35% and Utilities gained 0.33%. Energy declined -0.48% and Basic Materials sector, down -0.62%, was the laggard among the sectors today.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Marine Port Services, up 11.95%; Footwear, up 9.82%; Consumer Electronics, up 2.96%; Retail – Catalog & Internet Order, up 2.77%; and Hotel, Motels & Cruise Lines, up 2.38%.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were roughly six Advancers for every five Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.28-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,278 Advancers to 1,774 Decliners with 341 Unchanged.
Friday, there were 347 new 52-Week Highs and 55 new 52-Week Lows.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 8,598,574,100, or 48.35% higher than the total volume of shares traded on Thursday.
On the NASDAQ, the Decliners edged out the Advancers. There was roughly one Advancer for every Decliner, or an exact ratio of 1.07-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,343 Decliners to 2,187 Advancers with 278 Unchanged.
Friday, there were 237 new 52-Week Highs and 89 new 52-Week Lows.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 12,115,835,550, or 30.05% higher than the total volume of shares traded on Thursday.
Market Roundup Report
Oil prices continue to tumble after tumbling on Thursday and Friday last week. All indications to date point to Iran-Israel ceasefire holding, so supply concerns should continue to ease. Indexes are at all-time highs. NASDAQ is sitting the above 20,000 level and S&P 500 notched a very high on Friday. It is time to be fully invested but to be prepared and ready to act if the market suddenly throws surprises.
On Friday, China confirmed a trade framework agreement with the US as part of the US-China trade deal negotiations. That may, in the short term, moderate any rise in the price of gold and gold miner stocks. The easing of US-China trade tensions will likely put a damper on gold prices as happened during tariff trade deal tensions. That is not to say, however, the price may not go up at all. The market will always do what it wishes to do.
Oil Price: Friday, Oil prices tumbled substantially and were down to $65.52% per barrel. US Oil price was at $65.38 per barrel as of the time (7 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: Friday, the 10-year Treasury yield eased nine basis points to 4.28%. The 10-year yield was at 4.275%, as of the time (7 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
After-hours Action: Dow Futures is up 197.00 points or 0.45% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 0.25%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 0.31% as of the time (7 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update. Gold is at $3,290.90, up $3.50 or 0.11% as at the time (11:30 pm ET, Sunday) of this update. Overnight price actions are not guaranteed to carry over to the following day’s market session. Be sure to do your research and confirm current prices before proceeding to initiate trades.
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