Canada's main index, the TSX Composite, rose 552.64 points, or 1.6%, to close Thursday at 36,137.10, as lower bond yields boosted risk appetite despite weakness in energy shares tied to falling oil prices. Shopify gained $7.05, or 2.9%, to $252.53, while Celestica fell 3.1% to $446.70. Canadian wholesale sales declined 1.6% to $91.6 billion in August, manufacturing sales rose 1.5%, and 174,611 new motor vehicles were sold in Canada in August 2026, up 4.9% from a year earlier. In the U.S., the Dow rose 1.1% to 52,177.69 as investors rotated out of AI-related tech stocks over spending concerns, and the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 5.08% from 5.24%.
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