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Daily Markets Update: TSX Jumps 1.55% as Yields Fall and the AI Rout Eases (Oct 16)

  DAILY MARKETS UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026  |  CANADIAN MONEY BRIEF Canadian stocks snapped back hard on Thursday. The S&P/TSX Composite jumped 552.64 points, or 1.55%, to 36,137.10 , a three-week high, as falling bond yields and a rally in gold and mining shares erased most of Wednesday's 1.11% drop. It capped a wild 24 hours worldwide: an AI-chip rout hammered Seoul (Kospi −7.6%) and Tokyo (Nikkei −4.9%) before Wall Street recovered and Asia bounced on Friday. The Big Picture TSX +1.55% to 36,137.10 (about 2.5% below the Aug. 37,069.11 record); energy was the only sector lower. Wall Street rotated, not rallied: Dow +1.08%, S&P 500 +0.33%, Nasdaq +0.08% as money left chipmakers for healthcare, banks and retail. Yields retreated: the U.S. 10-year fell to 5.08% from 5.24%, even after a hot producer-price report. Next catalysts: Canada's September CPI (Mon. Oct. 19), then the Bank of Canada and Fed decisions on Oct. 28. Canada: TSX Posts Its ...
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Fed’s stance on interest rates rattles Wall Street


Wall Street recovered some of its losses on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled that it is not planning to cut interest rates anytime soon.

The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1%, following the worst single-day downturn since September on Wednesday.

The Fed left its main interest rate unchanged and said it does not expect to lower it “until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward” its 2% target.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank needs more data to confirm that inflation is easing, despite recent signs of slowing wage growth and consumer spending.

“We’re not declaring victory at all,” Powell said. "We have confidence. It has been increasing, but we want to get greater confidence."

Investors were hoping for a more dovish tone from the Fed, as they worry about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, trade tensions, and geopolitical risks on the global economy.

Some sectors, such as technology and health care, bounced back on Thursday, while others, such as energy and financials, remained under pressure.

Shares of Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign teeth straighteners, surged more than 12% after beating analysts’ expectations for sales and profit.

More economic data is expected on Friday, with the release of the monthly jobs report for January.

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