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Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.08%

Published 29/01/2020, 21:25
© Reuters.  Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.08%

© Reuters. Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.08%

GSPTSE
-0.54%
GIBa
0.26%
IMG
-3.92%
CHE_u
-2.57%
PVG
0.00%
SEA
-2.31%
GSPTTIN
-0.74%
GSPTTMT
-1.74%
GSPTTUT
-0.11%
VIXI
-19.67%
TOY
-0.18%

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

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

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Seabridge Gold Inc . (TSX:SEA), which rose 5.92% or 1.04 points to trade at 18.61 at the close. IAMGold Corporation (TSX:IMG) added 5.32% or 0.20 points to end at 3.96 and Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG) was up 5.21% or 0.72 points to 14.54 in late trade.

Biggest losers included CGI Inc (TSX:GIBa), which lost 7.89% or 8.91 points to trade at 104.00 in late trade. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX:CHE_u) declined 7.06% or 0.73 points to end at 9.61 and Spin Master Corp (TSX:TOY) shed 3.14% or 1.06 points to 32.66.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 462 and 118 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was unchanged 0% to 11.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 6.65 to $1576.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.69% or 0.37 to hit $53.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $58.76 a barrel.

CAD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7576, while CAD/EUR fell 0.15% to 0.6885.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.915.

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