On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while Toronto was unchanged.
Canadian Western Bank was up 1.2%.
Linamar was up 1.5%.
Stock futures are slightly positive on Sunday evening perhaps relieved by Chancellor Merkel’s win in Germany.
The markets continue to shrug off the bombastic comments of President Trump.
Statistics Canada reported retail sales figure for July which were down slightly in volume terms but up slightly in dollar terms.
Statistics Canada also reported the August inflation figures.