TSX and TSX Venture rise as gold and silver climb

Updated Oct 15, 2026 4:56pm ET

Markets

The S&P/TSX Composite closed at 36,137.10, up 552.64 points, on broad-based gains. Statistics Canada reported that manufacturing sales rose 1.5% in August, mainly on primary metals and chemical products, while wholesale sales fell 1.6% to $91.6 billion on a basis that leaves out petroleum and grain. In late-afternoon trading, gold was at US$4,191.5, silver at US$57.590 and oil at US$96.17, each higher, while CAD/USD stood at 0.70473. Separately, the International Energy Agency was reported to be speeding up its emergency stock draw, with over 20 million barrels of diesel to be released.

Venture & CSE

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite closed at 846.38, up 16.05 points, and the CSE Composite closed at 143.07, up 1.23. On the CSE, Nine Mile Metals said hole WD-26-15 at its Wedge Mine intersected two VMS zones, with Zone 1 returning 4.88% Cu-Eq over 7.6m, and that it acquired 14.42 km² of new claims at the Nine Mile Brook project. Atico Mining (TSXV: ATY) said it closed a US$16.4 million convertible debenture private placement. Separately, 1470350 B.C. Ltd. closed a C$16.5 million subscription receipt financing, part of a C$20 million package tied to its proposed business combination with Orior Metals Corp. On the M&A side, SSR Mining said it will acquire Roxmore Resources in an all-cash deal, and Cygnus Metals (TSXV: CYG) said the scheme under which Central Asia Metals will acquire it became effective.

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