Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday after a slew of upbeat earnings reports from those including e-commerce company Shopify and pipeline operator Enbridge
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was in the green 98.55 points to reach noon EDT Wednesday at 16,219.87.
The Canadian dollar rebounded 0.08 cents to 74.82 cents U.S.
The largest percentage gainer on the TSX was Element Fleet
Management, which jumped $1.28, or 12.8%, to $11.28 after the company
reported quarterly results.
Its gains were followed by Celestica, which rose $1.12, or 11.7%, to $10.69, after the chipmaker posted second-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations.
Enbridge, for its part, tacked on $1.18, or 2.8%, to $43.40, while Shopify climbed $134.88, or 10.3%, to $1,443.83.
ON BAYSTREET
The TSX Venture Exchange gained back 1.68 points to 709.47.
Seven of the 12 TSX subgroups higher midday, with information technology popping 4.1%, industrials shooting 1.3% higher, and consumer discretionaries 0.7% to the good.
The five laggards were weighed most by health-care, ailing 3.9%, gold dulling in price 2.3%, and materials weaker by 2.2%.
ON WALLSTREET
Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors awaited a congressional hearing on antitrust in Big Tech as well as the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision.
The Dow Jones Industrials gained 72.49 points to break for lunch at 26,451.77.
The S&P 500 regained 27.05 points to 3,245.49.
The NASDAQ recovered 113.69 points, or 1.1%, to 10,515.78.
The Fed will conclude its two-day policy meeting Wednesday and is set to release a statement at 2 p.m. ET. Chairman Jerome Powell will have a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The central bank is expected to keep short-term interest rates unchanged at near zero to support the economy still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the Fed announced it would extend its emergency lending programs through the remainder of 2020.
Meanwhile, the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google-parent Alphabet will testify before the House Antitrust Subcommittee later Wednesday following a yearlong probe into their anti-competitive practices. Investors will look for insights on how the
Big Tech is handling antitrust challenges from regulators with the authority to break them up.
Shares of Big Tech are among the best performers this year. Facebook and Alphabet are both up more than 12% year to date entering Wednesday’s session. Amazon has skyrocketed 62.4% over that time and Apple is up 27%.
The busiest week of the earnings season continued, with General Electric and Boeing releasing their latest quarterly figures. GE reported a stronger-than-forecast revenue, sending the stock up 0.4%. Boeing posted a wider-than-expected loss.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices popped more than 10% after the chipmaker posted on Tuesday better-than-expected quarterly earnings and issued an upbeat guidance for the year.
Starbucks swung to a loss during its fiscal third quarter, but the world’s largest coffee chain raised its forecast for the current quarter, sending shares up more than 3%.
Prices for the 10-Year Treasury were unchanged, leaving yields at Tuesday’s 0.58%.
Oil prices recaptured 39 cents to $41.43 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices improved six dollars to $1,950.60 U.S. an ounce.
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