Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.02%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.02%

Oct 01, 2018

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Clean Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which rose 37.86% or 3.04 points to trade at 11.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Martinrea International Inc . (TO:MRE) added 10.46% or 1.38 points to end at 14.57 and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TO:IVN) was up 9.09% or 0.250 points to 3.000 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Husky Energy Inc . (TO:HSE), which fell 6.48% or 1.47 points to trade at 21.21 at the close. BlackBerry Ltd (TO:BB) declined 5.58% or 0.82 points to end at 13.88 and Air Canada (TO:AC) was down 5.04% or 1.390 points to 26.210.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 619 to 506 and 119 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 0.89% to 13.56.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1192.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.25% or 2.38 to hit $75.63 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.91% or 2.41 to trade at $85.14 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.83% to 0.7808, while CAD/EUR rose 1.05% to 0.6744.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.92.

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