The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Weekend, Sept 5 – 7, 2025 Edition
Bonds Rally as Economic concerns sink stocks
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 134.74 points or 0.47%, to close the session at 29,050.63. The index has now gained in the last eight consecutive market sessions. The TSX, at this point, looks unstoppable. The market will, however, always do what it wishes to do and the market will at some point pull back as the index cannot keep climbing forever.
The Market Breadth: Gold and gold miner stocks were dominant on Friday. Basic Materials sector reflected that strength by being the top sector and gaining 2.40% on Friday. Healthcare gained 1.08%, Telecommunications Services gained 0.93% and Technology gained 0.91%. Retail – Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.21% and Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.11%. Utilities declined -0.08%, Financials declined -0.11% and Energy ended the session as the bottom performer, declining -0.41%.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Electrical Components & Equipment, up 9.34%; Fishing & Farming, up 8.59%; Office Equipment, up 4.38%; Computer Hardware, up 3.84%; and Chemicals – Commodity, up 3.48%.
Today’s Market Statistics: The issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were two Advancers for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 2.09-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,340 Advancers to 640 Decliners while 141 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 431 new 52-Week Highs and 20 new 52-Week Lows. There were 252 new 52-Week Highs and 23 new 52-Week Lows on Thursday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 403,229,727, or 17% higher than the volume of 345,400,030 shares traded on Thursday.
Market Roundup Report
The TSX index was up 0.47% compared to Thursday, and the volume was up 17%. The index is really on the upswing. A 17% volume increase is surely not the result of a sudden increase in the number of retail investors. Such an increase occurs because the institutions, the big investors and the big buyers are buying. There is strength behind the current uptrend. Gold and Silver miner stocks are currently running on “high octane gas” and delivering high performance.
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The US Markets
All three US major indexes closed in the red on Friday. The indexes opened high but closed well off both the day’s High and Low. Dow Industrial Average index declined -220.43 points or -0.48%, to close the session at 45,400.86. The S&P 500 index declined -20.58 points or -0.32% and closed the session at 6,481.50. The Nasdaq Composite declined -7.30 points or -0.03%, and closed the session at 21,700.39. In small caps, Russell 2000 gained 11.43 or 0.48% and closed the session at 2391.05.
The Market Breadth: Gold was up, and gold miner stocks were the top gainers in Friday’s market. Basic Materials gained 1.16%. Healthcare gained 0.61% and Technology gained 0.25%. Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services, retail stocks sector by a different name, gained 0.04%. Durable Consumer Goods & Services gained a mere 0.03%. Industrials declined -0.20%, Utilities declined -0.38%, Financials declined -0.96% and Energy was the day’s laggard, declining -1.48%.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Coal, up 4.21%; Semiconductor Equipment & Testing, up 3.05%; Advertising / Marketing, up 2.83%; Biotechnology, up 2.74%; and Auto & Truck Manufacturers, up 2.64%.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were two Advancers for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.87-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,721 Advancers to 1,454 Decliners with 290 Unchanged.
Today, there were 508 new 52-Week Highs and 64 new 52-Week Lows. There were 303 new 52-Week Highs and 61 new 52-Week Lows on Thursday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 5,131,112,077, 8% higher than the total volume of 4,758,996,255 shares traded on Thursday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers edged out the Decliners. There were three Advancers for every two Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.44-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,719 Advancers to 1,908 Decliners with 194 Unchanged.
Today, there were 174 new 52-Week Highs and 152 new 52-Week Lows. There were 128 new 52-Week Highs and 117 new 52-Week Lows on Thursday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 8,584,393,553, or 13% higher than the total volume of 7,559,955,028 shares traded on Thursday.
Market Roundup Report
The US indexes were down on Friday, but the rally remains very much alive – quite strong. There is rotation away from this year’s current big winners to a new set of leaders. This is no rotation away from AI. The rotation is away from the current tired leaders. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) had a poor week. PLTR stock, after almost a year of being a top S&P leader, the stock needs a break. NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) is already taking a break, but new leaders are emerging. NVDA stock was down but with big volume on Friday. It is, however, a good time to be in the market.
Oil Price: U.S. crude oil futures sank 3.3% to $61.87 a barrel last week. US Oil price was at $62.59 per barrel, as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield fell 14 basis points to 4.085%, a five-month low. The 10-year yield was at 4.099%, as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
Gold is down slightly today. It is currently at $3,629.10 per troy ounce, while Silver is also down slightly at $41.24 per ounce as of the time of this post update.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is at $111,204.91, up 0.99% as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
After-hours action: Stock Futures are little changed this evening. Dow Futures is up 27.00 points or 0.06% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures is up 6.50 points or 0.10%, and Nasdaq 100 futures is up 55.75 points or 0.24% as of the time (11:00 pm ET, Sunday) of this post update.
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Stock In The News /Stock To Watch
The Toronto Market
Bank of Montreal (BMO) remains a stock to keep an eye on. On Friday, BMO closed at $174.72, up 0.92% or $1.59 with 2.0M shares traded.
The US Markets
PLTR is taking a well-deserved break, but other stocks are already stepping in and ready to replace Palantir stock shoes. AI is still a major driver for stocks’ advance. Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) is a ready replacement for PLTR. Broadcom Inc. AVGO stock was up 9.84% or $28.79 on Friday, closing the session at $334.89 with 78.4M shares changing hands. AI is not losing any clout in the stock market yet. AI, very much, remains the current major driver for growth stocks. There are a number of sectors which are directly related to AI deployment: Reliable, huge but steady power supply; Data center construction and deployment; and Chip manufacturing, to name a few. Read or subscribe to www.canadianvanguard.com to learn more and then start to trade like a well-informed professional.
. In the Broadcom chart above, the stock opened at $355.78, closed below the opening price, but as mentioned above, closed 9% higher than the price at close on Thursday. Ignore the red color of the candle in the chart above and simply see the candle as green if you so prefer.
Tesla Inc. (TSLA) is clearly on the upswing. We see the buy point at $356.05, but a more aggressive investor could buy TSLA stock now.
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What is your Market Strategy?
Reports on Friday showed that the U.S. added 22,000 positions in August, far fewer than economists expected, and June’s payroll figures were revised downward to show a net loss of 13,000 jobs. The economic implications caused the indexes to slip, but bonds rally, gold and gold miner stocks continue to rise. The current market rally is very much alive; in fact for now, the risk is for investors buying stocks at fairly extended prices and then facing a possible pullback. All indications now are that an interest rate cut is around the corner, which should further support the rally. Small caps were up two consecutive sessions as of Friday. It won’t be a bad idea to start looking at or rotating into small caps.
Our readers are reminded that “Small Caps” does NOT translate to Penny stocks. We are not against penny stocks. We do not feature penny stocks, or stocks cheaper than $10.00 a share, in our Stock Market Reports. That stock that can climb 100% in two straight sessions can similarly tumble -150% in two straight sessions. An investor aged 22 years or younger, it is a good idea to start investing early, has more than enough years to recover from a one-time major loss, but a fifty-year old or older investor, for example, risking half of his or her portfolio in penny stocks may need to seek professional advice on smart investing or register to attend one of our related investing training sessions.
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(c) This article is published by The Canadian Vanguard on September 6, 2025.
