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Stocks in Canada climbed during early trading Monday, as the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.5% to 31779.30.
Among local companies with a market cap of at least 1 billion Canadian dollars ($729.7 million), Transcontinental Cl A is the biggest leader this morning, surging 28%, and Groupe Dynamite surged 9.7%. NGEx Minerals rounds out the top three movers, as shares jumped 9.1%.
Valeura Energy is the biggest early laggard, plunging 6.0%, followed by shares of Tenaz Energy, which tumbled 5.4%. Shares of Methanex declined 4.8%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.4% to 96.04. Locally, the U.S. dollar was equivalent to 0.73 Canadian dollars, up 0.2%.
In the bond markets, the 10-year Canadian government bond yield declined 4.6 basis points to 3.510%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 23, 2026 10:11 ET (14:11 GMT)
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