Stocks in Toronto left the bad times behind to begin a long Easter weekend, as strength in energy and telecoms trumped weakness in gold stocks. The TSX Composite Index remained in the green 86.02 points to 24,192.81. During a short week, the index jumped 605 points, or 2.57%. The Canadian dollar eked…
The S&P 500 ticked higher in choppy trading on Thursday, but finished the holiday-shortened trading week lower as tariffs continued to worry investors. The Dow Jones Industrials staggered 527.16 points, or 1.3%, to end the day and a short week at 39,142,23. The 30-stock index was weighed down by a 22% decline in UnitedHealth following…
U.S. Monday Economic Lookahead U.S. leading economic indicators (March) Featured Earnings W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB) (Q1) EPS of $1.01, compared to $1.04 in the prior-year quarter. Medpace Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEDP) (Q1) EPS of $3.06, compared to $3.20 in the prior-year quarter. AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) (Q1) EPS for 40 cents. compared to…
Soma Gold Corp. (V.SOMA) hit a new 52-week high of $39.98 Thursday. Soma provided a corporate update on several initiatives currently underway. During the first quarter of 2025, Soma mined a total of 75,093 MT, of which 52% (38, 855 MT ) was ore and 48% (36, 238 MT ) was waste material,…
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SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX), a pioneer in digitizing physical objects for a circular economy, announces a strategic collaboration with Aegis Packaging, a Singapore-based leader in high-barrier coatings for flexible plastic packaging. This alliance merges SMX’s invisible molecular marking and blockchain-based platform with Aegis Packaging’s O2X coating technology offering a seamless way to…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NASDAQ:TSMC) shares showed some mojo on Thursday, as the company maintained its annual revenue forecast after it quarterly beat profit expectations, thanks to a continued surge in demand for AI chips. Here are TSMC’s first-quarter results versus First-quarter revenue: $839.25 billion New Taiwan dollars, vs. NT$835.13 billion expected Net…
Energy stocks led Canada’s main stock index higher at open on Thursday, as investors took stock of U.S.-Japan trade negotiations, although sentiment remained fragile amid tariff uncertainties. The TSX Composite Index gained 107.72 points to begin the last day of a short week at 24,214.51. The Canadian dollar dipped 0.02 cents…
The relentless tariff hikes that the U.S. is imposing on China are only one of many major headwinds. The U.S. is limiting Nvidia (NVDA) chip sales to China and stacking fees on China-built vessels of up to $3 million per U.S. port call. Temu, owned by PDD (PDD), cut its advertising in the…
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Investors should pay close attention to next-generation intelligent software companies, like VERSES AI (CBOE: VERS) (OTCQB: VRSSF). With an application to uplist shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, it’s also getting set to commercially launch its flagship Genius™ platform. “The private beta phase of Genius allowed us to validate its applicability across diverse…
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Energy stocks led Canada’s main stock index higher on Thursday, as investors took stock of U.S.-Japan trade negotiations, although sentiment remained fragile amid tariff uncertainties. The TSX Composite Index remained in the green 73.06 points to 24,179.85. The Canadian dollar dipped 0.02 cents to 72.13 cents U.S. Health-care stocks were…
