The Market Online brings you the latest news as the Canadian Markets Open.
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00:00Good morning, happy Friday. Here is your market open update.
00:07Talks between the US and China lifted investor mood this morning,
00:10bouncing Canada's main stock index upward after a tough week.
00:13The TSX index was up 0.7% as of 6.30 Eastern time. The venture still has yesterday's losses
00:19in the bucket and futures of the Dow and the Nasdaq both add on over a quarter percent.
00:24Flipping headlines where Japan's massive holdings of US Treasuries can be a cart on the table.
00:30In negotiations over tariffs with the Trump administration, says Japan's finance minister
00:34Katsunobu Kato. And gold edged higher as the dollar weekend, but the precious metal is still set for
00:39its first back-to-back weekly losses this year. Over to currency futures, the Canadian dollar glows
00:44green, holding at 72 cents US. Hands over just shy of a quarter percent to the euro and Bitcoin tax on
00:500.65%. And tailing off with commodity futures, with copper picking up half a percent, gold continues
00:56to slip. WTI regains over 1% to $59 US a barrel. And natural gas surges up close to 5%.
01:03That's your Market Open. I'm Lindsay Melchick. Have a great Friday.
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