Yahoo Finance Markets continue rebound from post-Brexit shock
Stock markets continued to rally from their post-Brexit losses as they posted a second straight days of gains.
On Wednesday, the S&P/TSX composite index rose by 194.05 points to finish at 14,036.74.
Twelve of the 13 subgroups closed higher, led by metals and mining at 577.09 points, up 22.50 points, or 4.06 per cent. Consumer staples was the only decliner, losing 0.13 of a point, or 0.03 per cent, to 501.39 points.
- Stock markets show some signs of life after Brexit doldrums
After the shock of the result of the Brexit vote knocked more than 441 points off the S&P/TSX composite, the subsequent two-day rebound has returned almost 347 points.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 284 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 17,694, while the broader S&P 500 index gained 34 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 2,070. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 87 points, or 1.9 per cent, to 4,779.
U.S. bank stocks, which had been pounded following the Brexit vote, led the market on Wednesday, with Citigroup posting a gain of 4 per cent.
Following last Thursday's referendum that saw a majority of British voters say they wanted out of the European Union, the devastating market reaction wiped out an estimated $3 trillion US in two days.
In the U.K., the FTSE 100 closed Wednesday at 6,360.06, up 219.67 points from its previous finish. Germany's DAX gained 1.7 per cent, while France's CAC 40 added 2.6 per cent.
Oil, loonie higher
The Canadian dollar added 0.35 of a cent to reach 77.07 cents US. The euro and the British pound were higher against the U.S. dollar.
The August contract for light sweet crude surged $2.03 to settle at $49.88 US per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Analysts pointed to a bigger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude supplies reported Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Supplies fell by 4.05 million barrels, which was more than the drop of 2.4 million barrels that analysts polled by Reuters had been forecasting.
"It's not that surprising considering where we are in the summer with gasoline demand doing very well," said James Bambino, managing editor of Platts' Oilgram Price Report.
