Shares of Newmont Corp. NEM, +3.79% rose 3.79% to $78.91 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.23% falling 1.23% to 4,456.24 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.29% falling 1.29% to 34,358.50. Newmont Corp. closed $1.84 short of its 52-week high ($80.75), which the company reached on March 8th.

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Shares of Bank of Montreal BMO, -2.97% inched 0.60% higher to C$153.72 Tuesday, in what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE, 0.06% rising 0.30% to 22,074.35.

The Central Bank of Russia said stock market trading will resume on Thursday for the first time since the country invaded Ukraine, triggering crippling economic sanctions from the West. Trading in 33 companies in the Moscow Exchange Index will be permitted from 9:50 to 14:00 Moscow time.

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Gold futures edged higher Wednesday, finding their footing as traders kept an eye on an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve and monitored developments in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Stocks opened mostly lower Monday after major indexes posted their biggest weekly bounce since November 2020, with investors monitoring developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and awaiting remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Shares of Devon Energy Corp. DVN, +5.44% rallied 5.44% to $61.44 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.04% falling 0.04% to 4,461.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.58% falling 0.58% to 34,552.99. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. Devon Energy Corp. closed $1.66 short of its 52-week high ($63.10), which the company achieved on March 8th.

Alibaba Group Holding has increased its share repurchase program to $25 billion from $15 billion, in a sign on confidence from a company whose shares have been battered in recent trading sessions.

Nestle SA has significantly scaled back its activity in Russia and isn’t making a profit in the country, the company said over the weekend.