Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.06%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.06%

Mar 20, 2019

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Westshore Terminals Investment Corp (TO:WTE), which rose 11.83% or 2.17 points to trade at 20.52 at the close. Meanwhile, MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) added 9.50% or 0.48 points to end at 5.53 and Crescent Point Energy Corp . (TO:CPG) was up 9.27% or 0.37 points to 4.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BRP Inc (TO:DOO), which fell 3.72% or 1.39 points to trade at 35.98 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) declined 3.69% or 1.29 points to end at 33.71 and TFI International Inc (TO:TFII) was down 3.58% or 1.43 points to 38.54.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 564 to 498 and 130 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 7.59% to 13.19.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.75 to $1313.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.35% or 0.80 to hit $60.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.77 to trade at $68.38 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.7519, while CAD/EUR fell 0.38% to 0.6586.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 95.415.

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