India, July 2 -- Canadian stocks edged up to a fresh record on Wednesday despite weaker domestic manufacturing data and US private sector jobs data, as investors focused on the ongoing US-Canada trade talks.
After yesterday's holiday on account of Canada Day, the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index opened a few points lower than the previous session but swung over the day to reach an intraday high of 26,893.78 just an hour before closing and managed to settle at 26,869.66, up by 12.55 (or 0.05%).
Last month, following the G7 Summit, Canadian PM Mark Carney stated that the US and Canada were proceeding to close a trade deal within a 30-day period.
Last week, however, things took a bad turn last week when the 3% digital services tax imposed ...