Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.08%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.08%

Apr 16, 2019

Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the REITs, Real Estate and Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which rose 4.49% or 2.88 points to trade at 67.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Aurora Cannabis Inc (TO:ACB) added 3.96% or 0.45 points to end at 11.82 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 2.66% or 0.070 points to 2.700 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yamana Gold Inc (TO:YRI), which fell 7.27% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.06 at the close. Eldorado Gold Corp (TO:ELD) declined 4.51% or 0.27 points to end at 5.72 and Alamos Gold Inc (TO:AGI) was down 4.41% or 0.29 points to 6.29.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 634 to 429 and 128 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.09% to 10.74.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.92% or 11.85 to $1279.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.45% or 0.92 to hit $64.32 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.

CAD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7489, while CAD/EUR fell 0.02% to 0.6637.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.722.

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