Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.56%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.56%

Nov 19, 2018

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb), which rose 22.99% or 0.385 points to trade at 2.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Ensign Energy Services Inc (TO:ESI) added 7.16% or 0.38 points to end at 5.69 and Precision Drilling Corporation (TO:PD) was up 6.44% or 0.21 points to 3.47 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shopify Inc (TO:SHOP), which fell 11.30% or 22.470 points to trade at 176.330 at the close. Bausch Health Companies Inc (TO:BHC) declined 7.02% or 2.34 points to end at 30.98 and Canopy Growth Corp (TO:WEED) was down 6.87% or 3.180 points to 43.140.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 770 to 363 and 100 ended unchanged.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 2.64% to 17.88.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.70 to $1224.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.59% or 0.90 to hit $57.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.16 to trade at $66.92 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7588, while CAD/EUR fell 0.53% to 0.6626.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.09.

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