Canada will eliminate various retaliatory tariffs on American products, the Canadian dollar's gains have expanded, and the Canadian stock market remains steady near historical highs

Wallstreetcn
2025.08.22 14:54

Canada will implement tariff exemptions on many U.S. goods under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

The USD/CAD fell more than 0.5%, trading at 1.3838.

The Canadian stock index maintained a gain of about 1%, stabilizing near the intraday historical high of 28,340.87 points reached after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech.

The yield on Canada's 10-year government bonds rebounded, nearly fully recovering the losses incurred immediately after Powell's dovish remarks.

The yield on two-year Canadian bonds remained down more than 4 basis points, trading around the 2.69% level, having briefly dipped below 2.67% after Powell's speech.

Driven by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 840 points, with a gain of 1.87%, the S&P rose by 1.55%, the Nasdaq increased by 400 points, a gain of 1.9%, the semiconductor index rose by 3.5%, and the bank index increased by 2.68%; the Russell 2000 index