TSX is back, US indexes hesitant, waiting for NVIDIA Earnings Report
The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report – Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Edition
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The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index gained 169.94 points or 0.60%, to close the session at 28,339.88. The index today essentially recovered the points by which it had declined in the previous market session.
The Market Breadth: Only four of the ten sectors gained which, though not positive, is an improvement over yesterday’s session. Basic Materials gained 1.60%, and Financials gained 1.18% as two of the big banks delivered impressive earnings reports today. Industrials gained 0.87% and Discretionary Consumer Goods & Services gained 0.10%. Technology declined -0.51%, Telecommunications Services declined -1.04% and Durable Consumer Goods & Services, down -1.12%, was the day’s bottom performer.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Consumer Electronics, up 9.33%; Media Diversified, up 4.43%; Textiles & Leather Goods, up 3.10%; Electrical Components & Equipment, up 2.69%; and Electrical Components & Equipment, up 2.47%.
Today’s Market Statistics
The issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered those that declined (Decliners). There were roughly one Advancer for every Decliner, or a more exact ratio of 1.14-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,052 Decliners to 920 Advancers while 137 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 178 new 52-Week Highs and 24 new 52-Week Lows. There were 161 new 52-Week Highs and 23 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 549,630,389, or 47%, one half, higher than the volume of 374,360,994 shares traded yesterday
Market Roundup Report
This week is the earnings reporting week for the Canadian big banks. Today, two of the banks, Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO ) and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) delivered super excellent reports. Bank earnings report delivery continues tomorrow with Royal Bank and National Bank reporting. BMO stock was up $7.38 or 4.65% at market close. Bank of Nova Scotia even did better. BNS stock was up 6.85% as of market close today.
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The US Markets
All three indexes gained today. Dow Industrial Average index gained 135.60 points or 0.30%, to close the session at 45,418.07. The S&P 500 index gained 26.62 points or 0.41% and closed the session at 6,465.94. The Nasdaq Composite gained 94.98 points or 0.44%, and closed the session at 21,544.27. In small caps, Russell 2000 gained 19.42 points or 0.83% and closed the session at 2358.60. Russell 2000 index, today, essentially recovered the points it declined in the market session yesterday.
The Market Breadth: The market session was definitely positive compared to yesterday’s negative and almost bearish market session. The market breadth was positive today as seven of the eleven sectors gained. Industrials, up 0.92%, was the top sector. Healthcare gained 0.66% and Financials gained 0.59%. Basic Materials gained 0.52% and Technology gained 0.38%. Durable Consumer Goods & Services declined -0.47% and Telecommunications Services, the day’s laggard sector, declined -0.57%.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the TSX today were: Marine Port Services, up 9.91%; Commercial Printing Services, up 4.55%; Aerospace & Defense, up 2.26%; Precious Metals & Minerals, up 1.89%; and Airlines, up 1.72%. The Airlines have been doing great since the beginning of the year.
Today’s Market Statistics
At the NYSE, the issues that gained (Advancers) outnumbered the issues that declined (Decliners). There were four Advancers for every three Decliners, or a more exact ratio of 1.33-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,356 Advancers to 1,763 Decliners with 369 Unchanged.
Today, there were 277 new 52-Week Highs and 38 new 52-Week Lows. There were 266 new 52-Week Highs and 32 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of stocks traded today at the NYSE was 4,986,033,750, 20% higher than the total volume of 4,147,514,415 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Advancers outnumbered the Decliners. There were three Advancers for every two Decliners, or an exact ratio of 1.50-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 2,750 Advancers to 1,824 Decliners with 284 Unchanged.
Today, there were 166 new 52-Week Highs and 74 new 52-Week Lows. There were 180 new 52-Week Highs and 61 new 52-Week Lows yesterday.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ today was 9,237,246,044, or 6% higher than the total volume of 8,732,031,796 shares traded yesterday.
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Stock In The News /Stock To Watch
The Toronto Markets
Today belonged to the banks. It is the earnings report season for the financials sector, and this week the big six banks are due to report their fiscal third quarter earnings. Two of the big six banks, Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) and Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) reported earlier today. The two banks beat analysts’ forecasts and delivered impressive earnings and performance reports. BNS stock rose and was the second best performer at the TSX today. BMO stock gained 4.68% or $7.38 to close at $165.16 with 4.4M shares changing hands.
All the Canadian six big banks pay quarterly dividends. BMO pays a Quarterly Dividend/Yield of $1.63/3.95%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays a Quarterly Dividend/Yield of $1.10/5.18%. A quarterly yield of 5.18% is one of the highest in the industry. If you are over sixty years old and are interested in income investing, you probably should be, rather than growth stocks, then 5.18% is most likely what or close to what the doctor ordered. Growth stocks and riskier investing is normally discouraged for senior citizens but there is no a one hat fits all heads situation here. You do what you are comfortable with. Hopefully, you are not comfortable with what puts your old age happiness at risk.
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The US markets
The US Government is now the largest shareholder of Intel Corporation (INTC). However, it appears the markets are withholding their blessing for the deal as the INTC stock is down for the last three market sessions. There is no doubt that INTC stock has some stiff climbing to go through to reclaim its old glory. It will be nice to see some chip manufacturing jobs return to the US, including technology jobs and training for the inner city folks.
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