CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as tech rout weighs
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TSX slips as tech selloff dents sentiment
Canada's main stock index slipped to a one-week low on Friday, as a selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks and other high-flying shares gathered pace and dented sentiment, while gains in energy companies kept declines in check.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index .GSPTSE was down 0.3% at 35,234.88 points by 11:00 a.m. ET.
Tech and materials lead declines; energy gains
- Wall Street's main indexes fell as investors reassessed the sustainability of this year's AI-driven rally. Fresh weakness in chipmakers and a disappointing forecast from streaming giant Netflix added to the negative sentiment.
- "The latest development is the competition from open source models in China, which raised some competitive fears. Supposedly there are some offerings that are rivaling the performance of Anthropic and OpenAI," said Angelo Kourkafas, senior global investment strategist at Edward Jones Investments.
- "So if you recall last year's DeepSeek moment, potentially that is contributing today to some of that weakness that started in Asia."
- Technology stocks were among the biggest decliners on the TSX, with Celestica Inc CLS.TO, Shopify SHOP.TO, BlackBerry BB.TO down 2.1% to 3.8%.
- Gold prices rose but were set for a weekly decline as surging energy prices stoked inflation concerns. GOL/



