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Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, up 0.09%.
Biggest Gainers on the TSX Today
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Filo Mining Corp (TSX:FIL), which rose 8.16% or 1.68 points to trade at 22.28 at the close. Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) added 7.14% or 0.17 points to end at 2.55 and Torex Gold Resources Inc (TSX:TXG) was up 5.83% or 0.82 points to 14.88 in late trade.
Biggest Losers on the TSX Today
Biggest losers included Tilray Inc (TSX:TLRY), which lost 4.95% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.69 in late trade. Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) declined 3.92% or 0.74 points to end at 18.16 and Birchcliff Energy Ltd . (TSX:BIR) shed 3.89% or 0.23 points to 5.68.
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Wall Street At the Close
U.S. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.45%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.57%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.75%.
Dow Jones Stocks Moving Markets Today
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 3.06% or 10.61 points to trade at 356.80 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.86% or 6.98 points to end at 382.77 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 1.24% or 1.98 points to 161.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 2.68% or 0.68 points to trade at 24.68 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.21% or 0.58 points to end at 47.47 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 1.04% or 0.56 points to 53.38.
S&P500 Stocks Moving Markets Today
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which rose 10.25% to 364.45, Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) which was up 5.22% to settle at 316.09 and Viatris Inc (NASDAQ:VTRS) which gained 4.31% to close at 12.10.
The worst performers were Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX) which was down 3.53% to 137.10 in late trade, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) which lost 3.00% to settle at 128.94 and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) which was down 2.85% to 129.41 at the close.
NASDAQ Stocks Moving Markets Today
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nauticus Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:KITT) which rose 78.65% to 0.52, Greenbrook TMS Inc (NASDAQ:GBNH) which was up 59.56% to settle at 0.43 and Clearmind Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:CMND) which gained 41.55% to close at 2.93.
The worst performers were DocGo Inc (NASDAQ:DCGO) which was down 37.58% to 2.99 in late trade, Pono Capital Three Inc (NASDAQ:PTHR) which lost 31.86% to settle at 5.41 and Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EKSO) which was down 27.93% to 2.15 at the close.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.55% to 12.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 4.15 to $2,028.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.26% or 0.91 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.82 to trade at $76.77 a barrel.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.10.