The Canadian Vanguard Stock Market Report At Market Close – Tuesday, March 4, 2025
.
Follow us for Data-Driven Analysis and Insights To Guide Your Trading and Smart Investing
. 
The Toronto Market
The TSX composite index declined -429.57 points or -1.72% to close the session at 24,572.00. All the major North American market indexes suffered major declines for the second consecutive market session.
The Market Breadth: The Toronto market’s decline worsened today. It was all carnage at the TSX. Utilities, up a paltry 0.06%, was the only sector which ended the session gaining. Basic Materials declined -0.08%; Telecommunications Services was down -0.13%; Healthcare was down -0.51%; Durable Consumer Goods & Services declined -0.84%; and Energy was down -1.29%. Financials, down -2.37% and Technology, down -2.55%, were the bottom performers among the sectors.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Retail – Specialty, up 6.39%; Computer Hardware up, 3.16%; Beverages – Distillers & Wineries up, 1.58%; Fishing & Farming up, 1.37%; and Aerospace & Defense gained 1.20%.
Today’s Statistics: The issues that declined (Decliners) outnumbered those that gained (Advancers). There were roughly five Decliners for every two Advancers, or a more exact ratio of 2.49-to-1.0. In real numbers, there were 1,467 Decliners to 588 Advancers while 129 stocks remained Unchanged.
Today, there were 123 new 52-Week Highs and 154 new 52-Week Lows.
The total volume of shares traded at the TSX today was 515,872,699 or about 16% less compared to the volume of 614,922,412 shares traded yesterday.
.
The US Markets
The Dow Jones Average index declined -670.25 points or -1.55% to close at 42,520.99. The S&P 500 index dove -71.57 points or -1.22%. The Nasdaq Composite declined -65.03 points or -0.35%, to close at 18,285.16. All three indexes closed with declines but NASDAQ closed off the day’s lows, which were low and ended up as the top performing index of the day.
The Market Breadth: Only one sector, Technology, escaped closing in red at the US markets today. Technology was up 0.04% – an amount that could easily be categorized as noise. The gain was contributed exclusively by the chip manufacturers. Healthcare was down -0.62%; Basic Materials was down -0.76%; Energy was down -1.02%; and Durable Consumer Goods & Services was down -1.59%. Telecommunications Services and Financials were the laggards and were down -2.46% and -2.78%, respectively.
Industry Groups: The top five industry groups in the US markets today were: Rails & Roads – Passengers, up 3.11%; Semiconductors, up 1.46%; Advertising / Marketing, up 1.25%; Precious Materials, up 1.11% and Semiconductor Equipment & Testing, up 1.09%.
Today’s Market Statistics: At the NYSE, the issues that declined (Decliners) outnumbered the issues that gained (Advancers). There were roughly three Decliners for every Advancer, or an exact ratio of 2.96-to-1.0. In actual numbers, there were 3,229 Decliners to 1,089 Advancers with 352 Unchanged.
There were 86 new 52-Week Highs and 450 new 52-Week Lows.
The total volume of stocks traded at the NYSE today was 6,249,366,964 or 9.5% higher, compared to the volume of 5,703,680,321 shares traded yesterday.
On the NASDAQ, the Decliners totally outnumbered the Advancers. There were roughly three Decliners for every two Advancers or an exact ratio of 1.62-to-1.0. In actual numbers, 2,764 Decliners to 1,699 Advancers with 219 Unchanged.
Today, there were 59 new 52-Week Highs and 681 new 52-Week Lows. The market today was lopsidedly bearish. The bulls went to lunch and certainly failed to return to the market.
The total volume of shares traded at the NASDAQ was 8,671,513,865, or 3.4% more, compared to the volume of 8,388,408,642 shares traded yesterday.
Oil Price: U.S. crude oil price continues to trend lower on tariff worries and OPEC output increase. Oil price was at $67.71 a barrel as of the time (11:30pm EST, Tuesday) of the last post update today.
10 –year Treasury Yield: The 10-year Treasury yield was up slightly this afternoon to 4.207%. The 5-year yield was at 4.002%. The 10-year yield was at 4.257% as of the time (11:00pm EST) of this post update, Tuesday evening.
After-hours action: Stock futures were up slightly this evening, futures rose as Trump spoke to Congress. Futures moved higher when US Secretary Lutnik suggested a possible compromise on the tariffs. The Dow futures was up 0.39% vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures was up 0.52%, and Nasdaq 100 futures was up 0.57% as of the time (11:00pm EST) of this post update.
Market Roundup Report: The decline by the US markets continued today. This is not a market to make investment profit easily. There is no sector that has been able to make gains in consecutive sessions. It remains a market where sectors that are up today are down tomorrow. The market choppiness continues. Investors who choose to keep trading should be ready to jump ship at the shortest notice. Staying in cash until the market returns to some normalcy should be given serious consideration.
.
Regular Market Day Features
Beginner Investor’s (Canadian stocks) Watchlist
The TSX suffered a major decline today and the Canadian big banks got hit hard.
Blended Growth Stocks Watchlist
The big-name technology stocks continue to suffer major declines, but Nvidia Corp (NVDA) bucked the trend today. However, NVDA stock remains below the 200-day plot – the stock is in “poor health”.
EV, Energy and Resource Stocks Watchlist
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Readers are reminded that the market’s performance at the following day’s market session may completely differ from the market performance at the overnight markets.
SUBSCRIPTION Offer: We thank you for following our Stock Market reports but please be aware that we shall soon be restricting these articles to subscribers only.
We do not send this publication by email to readers. If you receive a copy by email please simply forward the email to us.
Our reports are composed by humans after proper analysis and detailed research. It is neither AI nor machine generated.
