On Tuesday the S&P 500 was down 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.1%.
West Fraser Timber was up 3.3%. This was prior to an announcement after the close that it will acquire a mill in the U.S. for $300 million.
The Boston Pizza Royalty units were up 9.9% due to its announcement of a distribution increase (see post below about that).
Penny stock RIWI bounced down 14%. This was on low volume and therefore seems fairly meaningless.
Oil is at about $80 U.S. and with the Canadian dollar at 80 cents U.S. that’s $100 Canadian which is lucrative.