Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.13%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.13%

Sep 26, 2018

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Canada Goose Holdings Inc (TO:GOOS), which rose 10.71% or 8.05 points to trade at 83.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinaxis Inc (TO:KXS) added 3.67% or 3.46 points to end at 97.82 and Interfor Corp (TO:IFP) was up 3.48% or 0.66 points to 19.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU), which fell 7.32% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.180 at the close. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TO:NXE) declined 5.54% or 0.150 points to end at 2.560 and Kinross Gold Corporation (TO:K) was down 5.18% or 0.20 points to 3.66.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 540 to 534 and 140 ended unchanged.

Shares in CES Energy Solutions Corp (TO:CEU) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.32% or 0.330 to 4.180.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 4.28% to 12.74.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.40 to $1198.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.12 to trade at $81.14 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.49% to 0.7682, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6542.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.87.

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