"The Federal Reserve spokesperson" Nick Timiraos: The number of job vacancies in the USA slightly increased in January, after a decline in construction and manufacturing job vacancies, which saw a rebound in January. However, the fluctuations in the private sector job market in January were very small, with hiring and layoffs remaining stable.

The Canadian stock index has turned negative, approaching 24,360 points, moving away from the intraday high of 24,493.46 points reached after the release of USA job vacancy data and before Trump doubled the tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum to 50%.

The stock price of Century Aluminum, a primary aluminum producer in the USA, rose by 7.8%, while Alcoa increased by 1.9%.