NASDAQ, S&P 500 suffer losses but AI still calls the shots
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 549.65 points or 2.03%, to close the session at 27,570.08. The index has performed better than the other North American market indexes during the last two months but it is not often that TSX jumps 2% in one market session. The TSX last gained 2% or higher about four months ago.
Today’s Market Statistics
The issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were roughly four Advancers for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 3.71-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,544 Advancers to 416 Decliners while 135 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 176 new 52-Week Highs and 16 new 52-Week Lows. There were 48 new 52-Week Highs and 26 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 421,725,530, 12% more than the volume of 376,200,766 shares traded on Friday. The Toronto market was closed yesterday for a public holiday.
Market Roundup Report
Today the Toronto market was quite buoyant. The market tried to make up for yesterday’s holiday break. Investors flock to gold and consequentially, gold miner stocks, as they perceive uncertainty with the economy. The Job report on Friday created doubts about the economy. The job report raised red flags that the economy is softening. Investors reacted to the relatively bad news by fleeing in droves towards gold on Friday and today. Pretty well, most if not all of the gold miner stocks listed on the TSX gained today. That trend is not new but it is becoming the pattern that anytime President comes down with arbitrary and gargantuan tariff impositions, investors see potential problem with the Treasury yield and they move the funds in to gold and gold miner stocks
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The US Markets
The Dow Jones Average index declined -61.90 points or -0.14%, to close the session at 44,111.74 and the S&P 500 index declined -30.75 points or -0.49% to close at 6,299.19. The Nasdaq Composite declined -137.03 points or -0.65%, to close the session at 20,916.55. In small caps, Russell 2000 advanced 13.37 points or 0.60% to close the session at 2225.67. Today, the small caps index was the top performer among the North American indexes that we track. This is the first time in several weeks that this has happened.
Today’s Market Statistics: At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) prevailed over the issues that declined (Decliners). There were five Advancers for every four Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 1.27-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,307 Advancers to 1,820 Decliners with 318 Unchanged.
Today, there were 158 new 52-Week Highs and 67 new 52-Week Lows. There were 136 new 52-Week Highs and 51 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 5,661,699,365, or 15% more than the total volume of 4,913,920,309 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Decliners barely edged out the Advancers today. There was one Decliner for every Advancer, or an exact ratio of 1.008-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,235 Decliners to 2,216 Advancers with 250 Unchanged.
Today, there were 112 new 52-Week Highs and 98 new 52-Week Lows. There were 116 new 52-Week Highs and 95 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 8,320,088,816, or 9% more than the total volume of 7,652,025,949 shares traded yesterday.
Market Roundup Report
Oil Price: US Crude Oil price was selling around $65.25 per barrel in the late morning today. US Oil price was at $65.46 per barrel, as of the time (10:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield ticked higher to 4.2%. The 10-year yield was at 4.22%, as of the time (10:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is at $113,719 as at the time (10:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Stock Futures are only slightly changed Tuesday evening. Dow Futures is up 74 points or 0.18% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 8.25 points or 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 7.50 points or 0.03% as of the time (10:30 pm ET, Tuesday) of this post update.
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