Canadian stocks started the new week on a solid note as surging commodity prices and hopes of an end to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown lifted market sentiment. The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced by 404 points, or 1.4%, for the day to settle at 30,317 — posting its best single-day percentage gains since October 14.
Despite minor weakness in select industrial stocks, solid gains in other key sectors, such as mining, healthcare, and technology, helped drive the TSX higher.
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Discovery Silver, Curaleaf Holdings, Aris Mining, and Endeavour Silver were the top-performing TSX stocks for the day, with each climbing by at least 9.3%.
On the flip side, Premium Brands Holdings (TSX: PBH) slipped 4.5% to $88.89 per share, making it one of the day’s worst-performing TSX stocks. The weakness in PBH stock came despite the company reporting record third-quarter revenue and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) as well as raising its full-year sales guidance.
While Premium Brands’s total revenue jumped about 19% year over year to a record $2 billion last quarter, and adjusted EBITDA rose 12.4%, investors still seemed concerned by a downward revision in its full-year EBITDA guidance. Notably, the company lowered its 2025 adjusted EBITDA forecast to between $670 million and $680 million, citing ongoing cost inflation, especially related to beef. Despite this headwind, Premium Brands highlighted strong momentum in its U.S. sales and a robust pipeline of acquisitions. On a year-to-date basis, PBH stock is up 12.4%.
Bird Construction, Bausch Health, and Onex were also among the session’s bottom performers on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with each slipping by at least 3.2%.
Based on their daily trade volume, Enbridge, Suncor Energy, Barrick Mining, B2Gold, and Manulife Financial were the five most active stocks on the exchange.
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Crude oil and precious metals prices extended their gains in early Tuesday trading, setting the stage for another positive opening for the resource-heavy TSX index today.
While no major economic releases are due, Canadian investors will continue to watch fresh progress on the U.S. political front, after the Senate passed a temporary funding deal late Monday to end the longest government shutdown in American history.
On the corporate events front, several TSX-listed companies, including CCL Industries, Orla Mining, NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT, CAE, NuVista Energy, Finning International, and Aya Gold & Silver, will release their third-quarter earnings reports today. These earnings updates could result in stock-specific moves and shape broader sector sentiment.
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