The Canadian equities market remained under pressure on Tuesday, as largely dismal corporate results and falling metals prices weighed on investors’ sentiments. Even as optimism in oil and gas prices after the release of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest short-term outlook report, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 30 points in the volatile session to settle at 20,206.
Weakness in some market sectors, like technology, mining, and financials, pulled the main index downward, despite solid intraday gains in healthcare and energy stocks.
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Shares of Pet Valu Holdings (TSX: PET) tanked 10% to $27.28 per share, making it the worst-performing TSX stock for the day. This selloff in PET stock came after the Markham-headquartered pet food retailer posted a 7.7% year-over-year decline in its adjusted earnings for the second quarter to $0.36 per share.
Although Pet Valu’s quarterly revenue rose 12.6% from a year ago to $256.4 million, rising net interest expenses and currency headwinds primarily affected its bottom line in the last quarter. Year to date, Pet Valu stock is now down 30.3%.
Endeavour Silver, Kinaxis, and K92 Mining were also among the bottom performers on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday, as they plunged by more than 5% each.
On the positive side, shares of Tilray Brands (TSX: TLRY) rocketed 31% in the last session to $4.06 per share after announcing a new acquisition. In a press release, the cannabis giant told investors that it intends to purchase eight beer & beverage brands from the American brewer Anheuser-Busch.
After this all-cash transaction, which is likely to close this year itself, Tilray expects to become the fifth-largest craft beer brewer in the United States. With this rally, TLRY stock is now up 10.6% year to date.
Westshore Terminals Investment and Energy Fuels also rallied by more than 5% each, bringing them among the top gainer TSX Composite components.
Based on their daily trade volume, Suncor Energy, Manulife Financial, Tilray Brands, and Enbridge were the most active stocks on the Canadian exchange.
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West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures prices reached their highest level in more than eight months early Wednesday morning, which could lift TSX energy stocks at the open today. While no major domestic economic releases are due, Canadian investors may want to closely monitor weekly crude oil stockpiles data from the U.S. this morning.
On the corporate events side, several TSX-listed companies, including Sprott, NexGen Energy, Brookfield Asset Management, Ballard Power Systems, Metro, Stella-Jones, Hydro One, Nuvei, CAE, ATS, Stelco, Fortuna Silver Mines, Denison Mines, Pan American Silver, goeasy, Manulife Financial, CCL Industries, Stantec, and Lundin Mining, are expected to announce their latest quarterly results on August 9.
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