Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.21%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.21%

Sep 07, 2018

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.21% to hit a new 3-months low.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Tahoe Resources Inc (TO:THO), which rose 9.94% or 0.34 points to trade at 3.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) added 6.06% or 0.260 points to end at 4.550 and Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP) was up 5.26% or 9.270 points to 185.350 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Transcontinental Inc (TO:TCLa), which fell 8.95% or 2.66 points to trade at 27.05 at the close. WSP Global Inc (TO:WSP) declined 5.21% or 3.82 points to end at 69.52 and Aphria Inc (TO:APH) was down 4.44% or 0.950 points to 20.430.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 557 to 498 and 144 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.75% to 14.62.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1202.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.55 to trade at $77.05 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.7589, while CAD/EUR rose 0.29% to 0.6565.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 95.34.

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