Stocks in Canada’s largest market fell considerably Tuesday, cannabis issues weighed things down. Losses in the energy field accelerated the downward trend.
The TSX Composite wilted 113.16 points, to finish Tuesday at 20,553.25
The Canadian dollar surrendered 0.25 cents to 78.81 cents U.S.
Tilray tumbled 58 cents, or 3.8%, to $14.90, while Cronos Group tailed off 26 cents, or 3.4%, to $7.38.
In the energy patch, Cenovus docked 32 cents, or 2.9%, to $10.83, while Parex Resources doffed 43 cents, or 2.1%, to $20.14.
In the communications end of things, BCE dumped $1.51, or 2.3%, to $65.15, while Corus Entertainment lost nine cents, or 1.5%, to $5.87.
Gold stocks tried to even things out, with OceanaGold acquiring six cents, or 2.5%, to $2.45, while Equinox gained 14 cents, or 1.5%, to $9.31.
Among consumer discretionary issues, Canada Goose Holdings grabbed 72 cents, or 1.5%, to $49.44, while Dollarama hiked 67 cents, or 1.2%, to $56.05.
In other resource areas, Lithium Americas jumped $1.93, or 7%, to $29.58, while Teck Resources popped $1.47, or 4.7%, to $32.67.
On the economic chart, Statistics Canada said manufacturing sales declined 1.5% in July in this country. The agency went on to say decreases in the wood product and in the aerospace product and parts industries were primarily responsible for the overall drop.
ON BAYSTREET
The TSX Venture Exchange collapsed 5.07 points to 897.40.
Eight of the 12 TSX subgroups were lower by the closing bell, with health-care suffering 1.8%, energy down 1.5%, and communications off 1.1%.
The four gainers were led upward by gold, up 0.6%, consumer discretionary stocks, up 0.4%, and materials 0.3% to the good.
ON WALLSTREET
U.S. stock indexes closed lower Tuesday, giving up gains earlier in the session after a better-than-feared inflation reading and falling back into their September doldrums.
The Dow Jones Industrials tumbled 292.06 points to 34,577.57.
The S&P 500 shed 25.68 points to 4,443.05.
The NASDAQ Composite lost 67.82 points, to 15,037.76.
Stocks popped at the open after the August consumer price index, while still showing a significant jump in inflation, came in less than expected. However, the stock averages turned lower roughly half an hour into trading.
Shares linked to the economic recovery dropped. Bank of America lost 2.6%. General Electric took industrial shares into the red, closing 3.9% lower.
Apple shares closed nearly 1% lower after the company unveiled the new iPhone 13 at its annual fall product event, its stock movement in line with historical patterns.
Meanwhile, investors crowded into some of their favorite tech bastions with Microsoft ending the day 0.9% higher.
The August CPI, while still showing a significant jump in inflation, came in less than feared. August CPI jumped 0.3% month-to-month, or 5.3% from a year earlier, below the 0.4% increase and 5.4% annual gain expected respectively by economists polled by Dow Jones.
The less volatile core reading excluding food and energy costs showed just a slight gain, up 0.1% and below the 0.3% consensus increase expected by economists.
The major averages are all down at least 1% for September, and RBC doesn’t see the S&P 500 surging into the end of the year. The firm raised its year-end target for the benchmark index to 4,500 on Monday, up from a prior target of 4,325. The new target is less than 1% above where the index closed on Monday. The firm also introduced a 2022 year-end target of 4,900.
In Washington, House Democrats on Monday proposed new tax hikes on corporations and wealthy people to fund a $3.5-trillion social safety net and climate policy bill.
Prices for 10-Year Treasurys jumped, lowering yields to 1.28% from Monday’s 1.33%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices fell three cents to $70.42 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices picked up $12.20 to $1,806.60 U.S. an ounce.
