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Tech Selloff Rattles Wall Street as Iran Peace Talks Ease Oil — June 23, 2026

A sharp selloff in technology stocks weighed on North American markets Tuesday as investors continued to digest the fallout from Alphabet's steep decline and reassess valuations across Big Tech. Canada's TSX hovered near the 35,000 level, oil drifted lower on progress in U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, and gold pulled back from recent highs as hawkish Federal Reserve signals kept pressure on precious metals. 🇨🇦 Canada — TSX & Economy Index / Asset Level Change S&P/TSX Composite ~34,857 ▼ −0.32% CAD/USD ~$0.705 USD ▼ −0.19% WTI Crude Oil ~$73.67 USD/bbl ▼ −0.26% Canada CPI (May 2026) 3.2% YoY ▲ Above 3% target The S&P/TSX Composite Index dipped slightly Tuesday, retreating from the 35,000 level it briefly crossed on Monday after Canada's banking regulator freed up capital requirements for major lenders. The pullback came as tech-driven weakness from Wall Street spread northward. Financials had been a bright spot on Monday — RBC and BMO each added more than 1% aft...
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Wall Street Inches Higher, US Steel Gets $14 Billion Buyout Offer from Nippon

 

Wall Street opened higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.2% and the S&P 500 up 0.1% in early trading. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.1%. Investors are watching the Bank of Japan’s two-day meeting for hints of a change to the central bank’s longstanding near-zero interest rate policy. 

Meanwhile, US Steel has received a $14 billion buyout offer from Nippon Steel, which would make it the largest acquisition in the steel industry’s history. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024.


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