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Bar chart showing percentage price moves for the ten largest TSX components on August 27, 2026.

The TSX slipped 46 points to 36,792.41 Thursday, extending its retreat from Tuesday's record close of 36,957.63. CIBC fell 3.8 per cent, the sharpest decline among the day's bank reporters, even after beating profit estimates, while a rebound in oil revived inflation worries that weighed on rate-sensitive stocks. TD Bank was the exception, rising 0.8 per cent on the week's strongest profit growth, 38 per cent.

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Line chart of Government of Canada 2-year, 5-year and 10-year benchmark yields through August 2026, with a shaded span at the August 21 peak.

Canadian yields drifted higher through August even though the Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25% and had no decision to make during the month.

Government of Canada Benchmark Yields, August 2026

August 31, 2026

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Line chart of gold futures, the S&P/TSX Composite and Brent crude, each rebased to 100 at the July 31 close.

Gold rallied and gold miner shares carried the TSX higher, while Brent ended the month close to where it began.

Gold, TSX and Brent Rebased to the July 31 Close

August 31, 2026

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Line chart of the S&P/TSX Composite daily close through August 2026, with a shaded span marking five straight record closes.

Gold miners did most of the lifting as the index set eight record closes during the month, the last on August 25.

S&P/TSX Composite Daily Close Through August 2026

August 31, 2026

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Line chart showing WTI crude oil climbing 21.8 percent over a month as the Hormuz conflict widened.

WTI crude gained in nine of ten trading sessions through mid-September as a tanker war in the Strait of Hormuz widened into direct strikes on Saudi Arabian supply infrastructure.

The Week the Same Barrel of Oil Split the BoC From the Fed and the TSX From Its Own Energy Sector

September 12, 2026

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Snapshot chart of TSX Composite, WTI crude, and USD/CAD closing levels on August 20, 2026.

The TSX Composite closed down 0.10 percent Thursday, its lowest close since August 6, as a Big Five bank selloff offset gains in energy and gold-linked names.

TSX Closes Flat as Bank Selloff Offsets Energy and Gold Gains

August 21, 2026

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Scorecard chart comparing six assets' same-day percentage moves Tuesday, with gold the worst performer amid Hormuz tensions.

Gold, oil, the Canadian dollar, the TSX and bond yields posted mixed moves Tuesday afternoon even as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz…

Cross-Asset Scorecard as Hormuz Escalates

August 18, 2026

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