Tech (.SPTTTK) and healthcare (.GSPTTHC) added 0.4% and 0.7% respectively, while energy (.SPTTEN) dipped 0.4% and mining (.GSPTTMT) was flat—copper miner Ero Copper (ERO.TO) plunged 6.2% on tariff fears. Investors weighed domestic resilience: Canadian firms are accelerating non-U.S. trade expansion, with Friday’s jobs data seen as key to gauging economic stamina.

Verecan Capital’s Colin White noted trade policies will trigger "short-term volatility," but Canada’s 2.1% inflation—near recent lows—gives the central bank policy flexibility. EQB Bank (EQB.TO) rose 1.6% on news of executive returns, while software firm OpenText (OTEX.TO) dropped 4.8% following a finance executive’s departure.