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Latest market news

(Updated November 28, 2023)

Futures for Canada’s TSX traded lower in Tuesday’s premarket, as investors digested earnings reports from major domestic banks. U.S. markets were also down ahead of a key inflation reading due later in the week.

Current performance

Here are last week’s numbers for the North American and international investment markets. This chart is updated every Monday afternoon, based on the previous Friday’s market-close figures.

The stock and bond market*

Index Close Week YTD
S&P/TSX Composite 20,103.11 -0.36% 3.70%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 35,390.15 1.27% 6.77%
S&P 500 Index 4,559.34 1.00% 18.75%
NASDAQ Composite 14,250.85 0.89% 36.16%
10-year Canadian Bond Yield 3.65% -0.03% 0.35%
10-year U.S. Treasury Yield 4.47% 0.03% 0.59%
WTI Crude Oil (US$/barrel) $75.54 -0.46% -5.88%
Canadian Dollar US$0.7334 0.64% -0.60%
Bank of Canada Prime Rate 7.20%

*Weekly performance ending November 24, 2023. Source: Bloomberg.

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