Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.31%

Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 1.31%

Nov 20, 2018

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

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 1.31%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Alaris Royalty Corp . (TO:AD), which rose 7.41% or 1.290 points to trade at 18.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Hudson's Bay Company (TO:HBC) added 6.38% or 0.49 points to end at 8.17 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was up 4.37% or 0.090 points to 2.150 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG), which fell 10.23% or 0.89 points to trade at 7.81 at the close. MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (TO:MAXR) declined 9.56% or 2.24 points to end at 21.19 and Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TO:TVE) was down 8.61% or 0.210 points to 2.230.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 972 to 186 and 100 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TO:TVE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.61% or 0.210 to 2.230.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was up 6.43% to 19.03.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1222.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.94% or 3.97 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 6.75% or 4.51 to trade at $62.28 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 1.00% to 0.7517, while CAD/EUR fell 0.27% to 0.6611.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 96.70.

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