Heightened volatility continued to dominate Canadian stocks on Monday as speculation about the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) next policy move kept investors on edge. Despite reaching an all-time high of 25,843 in intraday trading, the S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped back to close 66 points, or 0.3%, lower at 25,625.
Although a sharp recovery in metals prices across the board helped mining stocks inch up, heavy losses in other key sectors like utilities, technology, and industrials dragged the TSX index into negative territory by the end of the session.
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Bird Construction, Capital Power, Cameco, and Denison Mines were the worst-performing TSX stocks, with each plunging by over 5%.
On the flip side, shares of BlackBerry, SSR Mining, Fortuna Mining, and SilverCrest Metals inched up by at least 7.3% each, making them the day’s top performers on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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