Canada's main stock index was subdued on Monday, with investors taking a breather ahead of crucial monetary policy decisions in the U.S. and Canada later this week.
The TSX dipped 11.6 points to begin Monday at 31,299.81.
The Canadian dollar forged ahead 0.07 at 72.34 cents U.S.
Among corporate updates, Anglo American said it withdrew a proposal to change executive directors' bonus awards from a shareholder vote on its merger with Teck Resources, after investors raised concerns about the policy.
Teck shareholders are scheduled to vote on the merger on December 9.
The Bank of Canada is expected to hold interest rates at 2.25% later this week. The BoC has cut rates by one percentage point since the start of the year, and signaled a halt in rate cuts in October, citing stable inflation.
ON BAYSTREET
The TSX Venture Exchanged dropped 5.79 points to 933.97.
All but three of the 12 TSX subgroups were lower, as telecoms and health-care each shed 1.2%, while gold shares dulled in price 1%.
The three gainers were information technology, up 0.9%, industrials, better by 0.7%, and energy, ahead 0.4%.
Financials were unchanged in the first hour Monday.
ON WALLSTREET
The NASDAQ Composite rose on Monday as investors look toward the Federal Reserve meeting later this week.
The Dow Jones Industrials dumped 145.19 points to kick off Monday at 47,809.80.
The S&P 500 index dipped 7.81 points to 6,862.59.
The tech-heavy NASDAQ gained 23.84 points to 23,601.56.
Broadcom shares jumped 2% and hit a new record high on the heels of The Information reporting that Microsoft is discussing designing custom chips with the chipmaker.
Meanwhile, Confluent shares surged 28% after IBM said that it’s going to acquire the company in an $11 billion deal — which is expected to close by the middle of 2026.
Oracle shares climbed more than 1% amid investor optimism ahead of the company’s quarterly results on Wednesday.
Monday’s action comes after a second positive week in a row for the three major indexes. The Dow added 0.5% and NASDAQ jumped 0.9%, in the week.
The S&P 500 added around 0.3% last week, bringing the broad index about 0.7% off its all-time intraday high. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ also notched four-day winning streaks on Friday, while the Dow has been positive in three of the last four sessions.
Stocks received a boost on Friday after the delayed release of September’s core personal consumption expenditures price index came in softer than economists anticipated.
That was one of the last major economic releases ahead of the Fed’s policy gathering taking place this week.
Traders have grown increasingly hopeful over recent weeks that the Fed will lower interest rates at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which is the final one of the year. Fed funds futures are pricing in a roughly 87% chance of a decrease, up from under 67% a month ago
The 10-year Treasury swooned, raising yields to 4.19% from Friday’s 4.14%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices slumped 88 cents to $59.20
Gold prices faded $32.50 to $4,210.50.
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