TSX hits record high after cooler-than-expected inflation data
TSX hits record high, up 0.53%
Canada CPI eases more than expected
Tech lead sectoral gains, boosted by Shopify
Barrick Gold's Q2 gold output rises, shares up
Updated at 10:05 a.m. ET/ 1405 GMT
By Nikhil Sharma
July 16 (Reuters) -Canada's main stock index hit a record high on Tuesday after domestic annualinflation eased more than expected in June, boosting hopes for another rate cut by the Bank of Canada.
At 10:05 a.m. ET (1405 GMT), the S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was up 121.55 points, or 0.53%, at 22,873.89, set for its fifth straight session of gains.
The country'sannual inflation rate cooled a tick more than expected to 2.7% in June, largely due to softer growth in gas prices, Statistics Canada data showed. Meanwhile, core inflation measures were marginally down,
Month-over-month, the consumer price index was down 0.1%, compared with a forecast for no change.
"The progress (disflationary trend) is not quite as swift as it was early in the year, but the Bank of Canada is still getting what it needs to greenlight a fresh rate cut next week," said Kyle Chapman, FX markets analyst at Ballinger Group.
With the BoC set tohost its next monetarypolicy meeting on July 24, marketsare pricing in a likelihood of about 92% ofa 25 basis points (bps) ratecut. 0#BOCWATCH
"As inflation continues to fall, you will see interest rates cut perhaps as many as two more times before the end of the year," said Allan Small, senior investment advisor at Allan Small Financial Group with iA Private Wealth.
The yield on the Canadian 10-year benchmark notes CA10YT=RR fell 6 bps followingthe inflation data.
Tech shares.SPTTTK topped the benchmark index with a1.6% rise, boosted byShopify SHOP.TO stock, which jumped 5% afterBofA Global Research upgraded it to"buy."
On the flip side,energy shares led the sectorallosses with a 0.5% fall as oil prices dropped on concerns about crimping demand in China after data showed slower-than-expectedeconomic growth in the world's second-largesteconomy. O/R
Barrick Gold ABX.TO shares rose 0.7% after the Canadian miner's second-quarter gold output climbedalmost 0.9% from a year earlier.
Reporting by Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas
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