By Ketki Saxena
Investing.com -- The TSX traded in the red this morning, tracking Wall Street indices lower as investors await a busy week ahead chock full of megacap earnings, and a monetary policy announcement from the US Federal Reserve due Wednesday.
Investors are expecting a 25 bps move from the Fed this week, hoping for a slowdown in the central bank’s monetary policy tightening ahead, and realizing profits ahead of the move, weighing on growth stocks. Tech stocks are also under pressure ahead of a downbeat outlook and earnings expected from companies including Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL).
The commodity heavy Canadian index was further pressured by crude prices as Russian supply remains steady, and investors worry about global demand ahead of rate-hikes expected by the Fed, Bank of England, and European central bank.
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The deadline for the Rogers-Shaw-Quebecor-Freedom mobile has been extended to February 17. The original deadline was supposed to have been tomorrow. After a series of twists, turns, and tribulations, the deal cleared a key hurdle last week following the Federal Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the Competition Bureau’s appeal against the deal. The agreement is still waiting for approval by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
Brookfield Asset Management (TSX:BN) Ltd. is reportedly in talks to take over the private equity secondaries business of Deutsche Bank (ETR:DBKGn) AG’s asset management arm. The proposed sale of Deutsche’s secondaries business comes as the asset manager attempts to grow its alternatives business, which includes real estate, infrastructure and private debt.
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Top Gainers:
- Denison Mines Corp (TSX:DML)
- NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE)
- Brookfield Business (TSX:BBUC) Partners LP (TSX:BBU_u)
Top Losers:
- Bausch Health (TSX:BHC) Companies Inc (NYSE:BHC)
- Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TSX:WTE)
- Peyto Exploration (TSX:PEY)