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Some calm is returning to Wall Street Tuesday, and U.S. stock indexes are making only modest moves in early trading after much of Europe and Asia rose earlier in the day.

The head of Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) owner TMX Group Ltd. says that conditions are favourable for companies looking to raise public money in Canada, despite low business confidence and economic uncertainty.

As Corporate America reports fourth-quarter results, a chasm is opening between the seven biggest companies in the S&P 500 Index and everyone else.

The first round of Chinese sanctions to hit U.S. oil were received with a whimper, and traders are speculating that the move is unlikely to rattle American exports.

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Bitcoin and other digital assets faced renewed selling pressure as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies intensified, with the US and China imposing fresh tariffs on each other.

Even as Canada gained an 11th-hour reprieve from U.S. plans to impose punishing tariffs on its goods, the loonie had earlier Monday dipped to its lowest levels in more than 20 years as the threat of a trade war weighed on the currency.

Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 200 points in late-morning trading, while the loonie fell to its lowest level in more than two decades as Canadian exports to the United States face sweeping tariffs starting Tuesday.

Wall Street swung between sharp and more modest losses on Monday as stock markets worldwide sank on concerns President Donald Trump’s tariffs may ignite a punishing trade war.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking Crypto.com and Kalshi Inc. to explain how their recently launched Super Bowl event contracts comply with derivatives regulations.

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Cryptocurrency prices slid on Monday, with bitcoin at a three-week low, as the risk of a trade war spooked investors and caused a selloff across financial markets.

Global financial markets fell on Monday over tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China by U.S. President Donald Trump, while world leaders steeled themselves to respond to his next moves, with the European Union in the firing line.

Oil prices rose on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising fears of supply disruption, though gains were capped by concern over what could be an economically damaging trade war.

Entities behind President Donald Trump’s crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms, a large windfall from a venture that has seen tens of thousands of small traders lose money.