The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Monday, July 14, 2025 Edition
Markets Soar: Bitcoin hits new record as Nasdaq reaches new heights
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 175.60 points or 0.65%, to close the session at 27,175.85. TSX closed at an all-time high today.
The Market Breadth
Today was a very positive market session with Technology, Industrials and Energy stocks making relatively good gains. Technology, the top sector, today gained 2.65%. Shopify Inc. was a major contributor to that gain. Industrials gained 1.73% and Durable Consumer Goods & Services, down -0.69% as the worst performer on Friday, gained 0.89% today. Energy gained 0.55%, Utilities gained 0.45%, and Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.36%. Financials gained 0.34% and Basic Materials gained 0.11%. Telecommunications Services, down -0.22%, was the only sector to decline today.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the TSX today were: Aluminum, up 7.69%; Commercial Services and Supplies, up 6.51%; Coal, up 5.44%; Media Diversified, up 4.57%; and Tires & Rubber Products, up 4.27%
Today’s Market Statistics
Today, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were nine Advancers for every five Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 1.79-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,211 Advancers to 674 Decliners while 178 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 202 new 52-Week Highs and 17 new 52-Week Lows. There were 149 new 52-Week Highs and 17 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 366,508,402, or about the same as the volume of 367,938,846 shares traded on Friday.
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The US Markets
All three major indexes gained today. The Dow Jones Average index gained 88.14 points or 0.65%, to close the session at 44,459.65. The S&P 500 index gained 8.81 points or 0.14% to close at 6,268.56. The Nasdaq Composite gained 54.80 points or 0.27%, to close the session at 20,640.33. In small caps, Russell 2000 gained 14.90 points or 0.67% to close the session at 2249.73. Russel 2000 and Dow Jones were the top-performing indexes. The small caps were just as active as the big caps today.
The Market Breadth
Eight of the major sectors gained today, with Utilities, up 0.78%, leading the sectors, and Financials followed with 0.65% gain. Industrials gained 0.55% and Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.45%. Telecommunications Services gained 0.21% and Healthcare gained 0.18%. Technology gained 0.10% and Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.09%. Basic Materials declined -0.47% even though a few gold miner stocks gained but there was not enough of them to pull up the sector. Bitcoin is the digital gold today. Energy was bringing up the rear, down -0.98%.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Rails & Roads – Passengers, up 2.51%; Entertainment Production, up 1.91%; Aerospace & Defense, up 1.85%; Retail – Department Stores, up 1.72%; and Commercial Services & Supplies, up 1.68%.
Today’s Market Statistics
In the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were roughly one Advancer for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.21-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,245 Advancers to 1,856 Decliners with 327 Unchanged.
Today, there were 232 new 52-Week Highs and 44 new 52-Week Lows. There were 169 new 52-Week Highs and 48 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 4,770,795,637, or about 1% more, about the same as the total volume of 4,724,973,557 shares traded on Friday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outnumbered the Decliners. There were roughly three Advancers for every two Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.42-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,670 Advancers to 1,875 Decliners with 302 Unchanged.
Today, there were 146 new 52-Week Highs and 85 new 52-Week Lows. There were 115 new 52-Week Highs and 63 new 52-Week Lows on Friday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 8,224,491,976, or 2% less, roughly about the same as the total volume of 8,383,132,822 shares traded on Friday. Volumes on Friday and today were about the same in both Nasdaq and NYSE markets.
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Stocks In The News /Stocks To Watch
The Toronto Market
Two stocks on the TSX today that are worth adding to your watch list or keeping an eye on are Thomson Reuters Corp (TSX:TRI) and Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP). TRI stock gained 7.74% or $21.08 to close at $293.53 with 1.2M shares traded. TRI and SHOP stocks are surely worth adding to your watch list if not already in there.
SHOP stock has been in a consolidation for the past ten sessions. It looks likely to end the consolidation in an upward climb. The stock gained 4.26% or $6.53 and closed at $159.95 today with 2.0M shares traded.
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The US Markets
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) announced today that results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2025, will be released on Monday, August 4, 2025, after the market close. Palantir will host a webcast to discuss its results at 3:00 PM MT / 5:00 PM ET on the same day.
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Regular Market Day Features
The Canadian Vanguard Beginner Investor’s Watchlist
The Blended Growth Stock Watchlist
EV Manufacturers and Resource Stocks
The new-energy stocks were up today, and in our watchlist, Cameco Corporation, the Uranium supplier company, gained 3.36% today. The three EV manufacturers in our watchlist gained with LI Autos up 3.58% and Tesla up 1.08%.
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