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Bay Street Likely To Open On Mixed Note

RTTNews | 468 days ago

(RTTNews) - Canadian shares are likely to open mixed Tuesday morning with investors largely staying cautious ahead of U.S. consumer price inflation data and Fed's monetary policy announcement, due later in the week.

The Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but traders will pay closer attention to Fed officials' updated projections for the economy and rates.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Inc (FFH.TO) announced that it has raised its stake in Ensign Energy Services (ESI.TO), buying 3.79 million shares of Ensign, at a price of $2.34 per share (Monday's closing price).

Copperleaf Technologies Inc (CPLF.TO) announced that it has signed a deal with Industrial and Financial Systems as per which the latter will indirectly acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Copperleaf at $12 a share.

Descartes Systems Group (DSG.TO) said it has acquired BoxTop Technologies Ltd, a maker of software for logistics services companies, for US$13 million.

On the economic front, data from Statistics Canada showed that building permits in Canada increased to 20.5% (month-on-month) in April from -12.3% in March.

The Canadian market ended modestly higher on Monday, lifted by gains in technology, energy and materials shares. The mood remained cautious with investors awaiting the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement, and the data on U.S. consumer price inflation.

The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index ended up by 62.76 points or 0.29% at 22,069.76 after moving in a very tight range, scaling a low of 21,953.44 and a high of 22,105.69.

Asian stocks closed mostly lower on Tuesday as gains by the far right in voting for the European Parliament added uncertainty to the EU's political landscape and investors awaited key U.S. inflation data and the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting.

Interest rate concerns weighed as well, with investors seeing diminished prospects for easing this year.

European stocks are down firmly in negative territory as investors await Wednesday's U.S. consumer price data and the Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.

In commodities, West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures are down $0.27 or 0.35% at $77.47 a barrel.

Gold futures are up $6.90 or 0.3% at $2,333.90 an ounce, while Silver futures are down $0.246 or 0.82% at $29.628 an ounce.

European Shares Seen Flat To Higher At Open

European stocks are seen opening broadly higher on Tuesday, even as the upside may remain capped amid ongoing volatility in the bond markets due to political uncertainty in France and Germany's plans to ramp up debt issuance.

RTTNews | 1h 10min ago

European Economic News Preview: Eurozone Flash PMI Data Due

Flash composite purchasing managers' survey results from the euro area and the UK are the top economic news due on Tuesday. At 3.15 am ET, France's flash composite PMI survey results are due. The composite output index is forecast to edge up to 49.9 in September from 49.8 in the previous month.

RTTNews | 1h 26min ago

Sensex, Nifty Extend Losses In Cautious Trade

Indian shares were a tad lower on Tuesday, with tariff worries and escalating tensions in Europe and the Middle East keeping investors on edge.

RTTNews | 2h 5min ago

Australian Market Extends Early Gains In Mid-market

The Australian stock market is extending its early gains in mid-market trading on Tuesday, adding to the gains in the previous two sessions, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is moving above the 8,850 level, with gains across most sectors led by mining and technology shares.

RTTNews | 3h 14min ago

Asian Markets Mixed Amid Cautious Trades

Asian markets are trading mixed on Tuesday, following the positive cues from Wall Street overnight, as traders remain optimistic about the outlook for the markets amid expectations of further interest rate cuts by the US Fed. Some traders are also looking to cash in on the recent strength in the markets. However, escalating tensions in Europe and the Middle East are weighing on market sentiment.

RTTNews | 3h 39min ago

Sensex, Nifty Seen Lower At Open

Indian shares look set to open on a weak note on Tuesday as investors keep a close eye on ongoing trade talks with the U.S. as well as escalating tensions in Europe and the Middle East, with EU targeting Russian supplies and Ukraine intensifying its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.

RTTNews | 4h 10min ago

Higher Open Called For Thai Stock Market

The Thai stock market has moved lower in four straight sessions, shedding more than 25 points or 1.9 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,280-point plateau although it's due for support on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets continued to be mildly positive on optimism over the outlook for interest rates. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The SET finished modestly lower on Monday following losses from the food, finance, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors. For the day, the index lost 10.18 points or 0.79 percent to finish at the daily low of 1,282.54 after peaking at 1,296.42. Volume was 8.171 billion shares worth 31.595 billion baht. There were 356 decliners and 128 gainers, with 167 stocks finishing unchanged. Among the actives, Advanced Info lost 0.68 percent, while Thailand Airport crashed 0.64 percent, Asset World sank 0.83 percent, Banpu plunged 2.48 percent, Bangkok Bank collected 0.68 percent, Bangkok Expressway eased 0.97 percent, BTS Group gave up 1.24 percent, CP All Public dipped 0.52 percent, Charoen Pokphand Foods dropped 0.86 percent, Energy Absolute declined 1.64 percent, Gulf weakened 1.63 percent, Kasikornbank and PTT Global Chemical both slumped 0.91 percent, Krung Thai Bank skidded 0.99 percent, Krung Thai Card retreated 1.64 percent, PTT Oil & Retail fell 0.72 percent, PTT slid 0.75 percent, PTT Exploration and Production was down 0.87 percent, SCG Packaging tanked 2.69 percent, Siam Commercial Bank added 0.40 percent, Siam Concrete tumbled 1.77 percent, Thai Oil plummeted 2.70 percent, True Corporation contracted 0.93 percent, TTB Bank shed 0.53 percent and B. Grimm and Bangkok Dusit Medical were unchanged.

RTTNews | 4h 41min ago

Indonesia Bourse Likely To Remain Rangebound

The Indonesia stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the seven-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 400 points or 5 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index sits just above the 8,040-point plateau and it figures to hold steady in that neighborhood again on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets continued to be mildly positive on optimism over the outlook for interest rates. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The JCI finished slightly lower on Monday as losses from the financial shares and telecoms were mitigated by support from the resource and cement companies. For the day, the index dipped 11.08 points or 0.14 percent to finish at 8,040.04 after trading between 8,005.35 and 8,087.93. Among the actives, Bank CIMB Niaga fell 0.29 percent, while Bank Mandiri advanced 0.91 percent, Bank Danamon Indonesia collected 0.85 percent, Bank Negara Indonesia retreated 1.41 percent, Bank Central Asia and Astra Agro Lestari both dropped 0.96 percent, Bank Rakyat Indonesia tanked 2.12 percent, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison retreated 1.59 percent, Indocement improved 0.72 percent, Semen Indonesia strengthened 1.39 percent, Indofood Sukses Makmur rose 0.32 percent, Astra International shed 0.44 percent, Energi Mega Persada surged 7.14 percent, Aneka Tambang rallied 3.77 percent, Vale Indonesia soared 3.71 percent, Timah spiked 5.00 percent, Bumi Resources skyrocketed 6.14 percent and United Tractors was unchanged.

RTTNews | 5h 11min ago

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