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This week: The Olympics were under way in Paris, but some of the biggest gymnastics took place in global stock markets. In the U.S., the S&P 500 fell 3 per cent Monday, then rose 1 per cent Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a 2.6-per-cent fall on Monday, then rose 0.8 per cent on the following day. While markets had largely calmed by end of week, a slew of earnings reports offered no clear direction for the economy’s future. Canadian Tire reported a profit attributable to shareholders in its latest quarter of $198.8-million, up from $99.4-million a year earlier.
Also: Maple Leaf Foods reported a loss of $26.2-million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $53.7-million a year earlier.