The TSX finished the day off at 12593 today, up 0.44% from Monday. The gains were lead by infotech and metals & mining.

Financials finished the day at 180.60, down 0.47% for the day. Beside financials were utilities and telecom as the losers. http://tmx.quotemedia.com/marketsca.php?locale=EN

Symbol	Price	Change	% Change
NA.TO	67.84	-0.89	-1.29%	NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
CM.TO	79.05	-0.36	-0.45%	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMME 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
RY.TO	54.95	-0.43	-0.78%	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
TD.TO	74.69	-0.14	-0.19%	TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
BNS.TO	53.22	-0.22	-0.41%	BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 1d 5d 3m 6m 1y 2y 5y max News Profile Key Stats Add to Portfolios Set Alert
BMO.TO	60.20	-0.17	-0.28%

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/

Financials pulled back hard at the end of the day, despite the fact that the National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA) announced a 19% increase in Q4 profitability over the previous year. AND a dividend increase of 6.5%. Tough crowd. You’ll note that this is what I predicted on Sunday (insert pat on the back hereJ)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3017473220101130?feedType=RSS&feedName=financialsSector&rpc=43

US Financial sector was also cut really deep today, with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) taking the strongest hits – down 3.18% and 1.35% respectively.

http://stockcharts.com/scripts/php/candleglance.php?C,JPM,WFC,BAC,RY,TD,BNS,$DJUSBK

Next up: earnings announcements from TD and CM on Thursday. Stay tuned.