12:23 PM EST, 01/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange is down 215 points at midday, adding to the more than 300 points lost on Friday, with healthcare (-2%) and technology (-1.6%), the biggest decliners. Energy and telecoms are the sole gainers, up 0.33% and 0.7%, respectively. Global stock markets are weighed down by bond market volatility. Record valuations...

* Canadian dollar gains 0.1% against the greenback * Trades in a range of 1.4393 to 1.4447 * Price of U.S. oil settles 2.9% higher * 10-year yield rises to a six-month high By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged up against its U.S. counterpart on Monday and bond yields climbed to multi-month highs, with...

11:39 AM EST, 01/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- A toxic combination of stagflation and debt sustainability concerns have resulted in United Kingdom gilts being disproportionally hit in the global bond sell-off, said Societe Generale. However, comparisons with the market crisis during the brief premiership of Liz Truss are exaggerated, as the economic conditions are entirely different and new liquidity measures introduced...

02:38 PM EST, 01/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were mostly lower after midday Monday amid a decline in certain technology stocks as markets awaited inflation data and bank earnings due later in the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 0.8% at 19,018.4 intraday, while the S&P 500 fell 0.1% to 5,819.3. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...