Canadian Stocks Add 0.8% In Morning Trading

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Stocks in Canada rose during early trading Friday, as the S&P/TSX Composite Index added 0.8% to 36648.24.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 1 billion Canadian dollars ($726.8 million), Energy Fuels is the biggest leader this morning, surging 10%, and Denison Mines jumped 8.5%. Lithium Americas rounds out the top three movers, as shares jumped 7.6%.

Magellan Aerospace is the biggest early laggard, declining 2.8%, followed by shares of WELL Health Technologies, which fell 2.2%. Shares of Descartes Systems Group dropped 1.8%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 95.33. The Canadian dollar strengthened 0.2% against the U.S. dollar to US$0.73.

In the bond markets, the 10-year Canadian government bond yield rose 0.26 basis point to 3.755%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 21, 2026 10:11 ET (14:11 GMT)