Jobs Numbers Roll in Next Week

Jobs Numbers Roll in Next Week Monday U.S. Economic Lookahead Factory orders (Nov.) Featured Earnings Commercial Metals Co (NYSE: CMC) (Q1) EPS of 78 cents, compared to $1.63 in the prior-year quarter. Tuesday U.S. Economic Lookahead U.S. trade deficit (Nov.) ISM services (Dec.) Job openings (Nov.) Featured Earnings RPM International Inc (NYSE: RPM) (Q2) EPS of $1.35, compared to $1.22 in the prior-year quarter. AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR) (Q2) EPS of 82 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOG) (Q3) EPS of $1.14, compared to $1.23 in the prior-year…

TSX Starts ’25 on Right Foot

Canada’s main stock index rose to a two-week high on the first trading day of the year, as rising gold and oil prices boosted commodity-linked sectors.The TSX jumped 170.09 points to finish Thursday at 24,898.03. The Canadian dollar shed 0.14 cents to 69.43 cents U.S. Gold stocks led the charge upward, as Iamgold grabbed 59 cents, or 7.9%, to $8.02, while New Gold captured 19 cents, or 5.3%, to $3.78. In materials, First Majestic Silver powered ahead 69 cents, or 8.7%, to $8.59, while Fortuna Silver Mines moved up 42 cents, or 6.8%, to $6.59. Tilray led health-care stocks upward 19 cents, or 10…