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The Operator: Good evening. The tape doesn't care how loud you type, and tonight it’s showing us a market trying to price in a lot of noise.

The Operator: According to CNBC Markets, Canada has enacted retaliatory tariffs ranging from fifteen percent to fifty percent on some number dollars worth of U.S. products. The move targets steel, aluminum, and dairy, following the collapse of trade talks.

The Operator: The source notes that President Trump has further intensified tensions by calling for a boycott of Bombardier. The packet also logs a post regarding Canada's dairy market restrictions made three hours prior to this reporting.

The Operator: On the tape, according to Yahoo Finance, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than five hundred points. This follows reported U.S. and Iran attacks over the weekend, with oil prices rising in response.

The Operator: Meanwhile, memory-chip leader SK Hynix rallied, breaking out past a new buy point. The source also logs a post about oil prices dropping when winning the war with Iran made ten hours before this report.

The Operator: Hype is a rendering error — the tape has no soaring and no crashing, only prints. We’ll see how these numbers settle tomorrow.

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