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Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.22%

Published 10/18/2017, 04:25 PM
Updated 10/18/2017, 04:25 PM
© Reuters.  Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.22%

© Reuters. Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.22%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TO:CP), which rose 5.10% or 10.69 points to trade at 220.36 at the close. Meanwhile, TransAlta Corp (TO:TA) added 3.95% or 0.30 points to end at 7.89 and Badger Daylighting Ltd . (TO:BAD) was up 3.74% or 1.07 points to 29.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were New Gold Inc . (TO:NGD), which fell 4.34% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.410 at the close. Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) declined 3.95% or 0.13 points to end at 3.16 and DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) was down 3.92% or 0.19 points to 4.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 535 to 526 and 168 ended unchanged.

Shares in Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TO:CP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.10% or 10.69 to 220.36. Shares in DHX Media Ltd B (TO:DHXb) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.92% or 0.19 to 4.66.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 3.74% to 11.09.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.96 to $1283.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.31 to trade at $58.19 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.50% to 0.8026, while CAD/EUR rose 0.37% to 0.6805.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.27.

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