The Canadian stock market continued to rise for a second consecutive day as strengthening metals prices, a recovery in trade-sensitive sectors, and renewed hopes for diplomatic progress in the Middle East helped improve investor sentiment. The S&P/TSX Composite Index surged by 326 points, or 0.9%, to settle at 36,336, extending its quarter-to-date gains to 4.2%.
Even as continued declines in crude oil prices pressured energy stocks, solid gains in most other key market sectors, including technology, healthcare, and mining, lifted the TSX benchmark.
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Curaleaf Holdings and Trekor Metals were the top-performing TSX stocks for the day, with each jumping by more than 8%.
Shares of Hammond Power Solutions (TSX: HPS.A) also climbed 7.9% to $275.18 apiece, making it among the day’s top gainers on the Toronto Stock Exchange. This rally in HPS stock came after the Guelph-headquartered transformer maker revealed plans to expand its North American manufacturing capacity with a new facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Hammond’s new facility is expected to initially add about $250 million in annual manufacturing capacity, with the potential to reach roughly $400 million upon full site build-out. The company plans to invest about $50 million in the initial phase, with production expected to begin in stages starting in the fourth quarter of 2027. The expansion is aimed at meeting growing transformer demand from data centres, electrification, and power infrastructure projects, boosting investor optimism about HPS’s long-term growth prospects.
Despite broader market optimism, however, Rogers Communications, Strathcona Resources, and TransAlta slipped by at least 2.8% each, making them the session’s worst-performing TSX stocks.
Based on their daily trade volume, TC Energy, Canadian Natural Resources, BCE, Telus, and Suncor Energy were the five most active stocks on the exchange.
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Metals prices fell sharply in early trading on Wednesday, reversing most of their gains from the previous session and pointing to a weaker start for TSX mining stocks today.
While no major economic releases are due, Canadian investors will continue to closely monitor developments surrounding the U.S.-Iran conflict after officials from the two countries held their first talks since June on Tuesday.
At the same time, investors may want to keep an eye on the unresolved Canada-U.S. trade dispute, which remains a source of uncertainty for trade-sensitive Canadian businesses.
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