Canadian Stocks Add 0.5% In Morning Trading

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Stocks in Canada rose during early trading Monday, as the S&P/TSX Composite Index added 0.5% to 35531.85.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 1 billion Canadian dollars ($708.9 million), Shopify Cl A is the biggest leader this morning, surging 7.7%, and Hemlo Mining surged 7.6%. Denison Mines rounds out the top three movers, as shares jumped 5.1%.

Saturn Oil & Gas is the biggest early laggard, declining 3.9%, followed by shares of Athabasca Oil, which dropped 3.3%. Shares of Valeura Energy declined 3.2%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 97.54. The Canadian dollar weakened 0.1% against the U.S. dollar to US$0.71.

In the bond markets, the 10-year Canadian government bond yield declined 4.19 basis points to 3.564%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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July 27, 2026 10:11 ET (14:11 GMT)