India, Feb. 20 -- The Canadian market is likely to see a slightly volatile start on Thursday with a slew of corporate earnings announcements setting the trend for stocks. Worries about U.S. tariffs, and rising geopolitical tensions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict might render the mood cautious.
The minutes of the Federal Reserve's January policy meeting revealed concerns over inflation risks and U.S. President Donald Trump's harsh criticism of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy heightened tensions in the ongoing conflict.
Trump called Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" after the latter said the U.S. president was "living in a disinformation space" governed by Moscow.
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