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Securities north of the border fell more than 1% on Monday as investors were averse to taking risks over persistent worries about the global trade war.

The TSX Composite Index dumped 277.6 points, or 1.1%, to begin the week at 24,481.16.

The Canadian dollar sagged 0.24 cents to 69.33 cents U.S.

Meanwhile, former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of the Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday.

Carney, a political novice, argued that he was best placed to revive the party and to oversee trade negotiations with Trump, who had threatened additional tariffs on Friday.

Investor focus is also on the Bank of Canada meeting this week, where the central bank is likely to cut interest rates by 25 basis points.

In corporate news, Japan’s Seven & i Holdings said that talks have begun with Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard over a store sale plan that would set the stage for ACT’s $47 -billion takeover bid.

Couche-Tard shares faltered $1.69, or 2.3%, to $71.06.

ON BAYSTREET

The TSX Venture Exchange was worse off 6.9 points early Monday, or 1.1%, to 607.40

All but two of the 12 TSX subgroups lost ground soon after the opening bell, with information technology sliding 2.8%, while materials and financials flopped 1.1% each.

The two gainers proved to be telecoms, ahead 1.1%, while utilities notched better 0.4%.

ON WALLSTREET

Stocks dropped on Monday as the selling pressures that dragged Wall Street last week persisted, with investors worried about an economic slowdown after President Donald Trump didn’t rule out a recession with U.S. tariffs being implemented.

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The Dow Jones Industrials cratered 352.26 points to 42,449.46

The much-broader index stumbled 98.8 points, or 1.7%, to 5,761.30.

The NASDAQ Composite dropped 485.30 points, or 1.7%, to 17,710.92

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was weighed down by declines in the “Magnificent Seven” cohort. Tesla shed 6%, Alphabet fell 4%, Meta lost 3% and AI darling Nvidia slipped 2%.

Stocks have been under pressure as investors fret over a possible recession due to tariffs implemented by the Trump administration. Part of the concern is that these levies could drive prices higher, thus making it harder for the Federal Reserve to lower rates. In an interview that aired Sunday, Trump responded to a question on Fox News about the possibility of a recession by saying the economy was going through “a period of transition.”