Sign up to create alerts for Instruments,
Economic Events and content by followed authors
Free Sign Up Already have an account? Sign In
Quotes
All Instrument Types
- All Instrument Types
- Indices
- Equities
- ETFs
- Funds
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Crypto
- Bonds
- Certificates
Please try another search
Black Friday is Now! Don’t miss out on up to 60% OFF InvestingPro
CLAIM SALE
Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.18%
Published Aug 18, 2020 21:25
Updated Aug 18, 2020 22:44
© Reuters. Canada shares lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.18%
Investing.com – Canada equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN), which rose 4.34% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.170 at the close. BRP Inc (TSX:DOO) added 4.20% or 2.67 points to end at 66.22 and TFI International Inc (TSX:TFII) was up 4.15% or 2.38 points to 59.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B2Gold Corp (TSX:BTO), which lost 6.95% or 0.66 points to trade at 8.84 in late trade. MEG Energy Corp (TSX:MEG) declined 4.50% or 0.19 points to end at 4.03 and Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) shed 3.63% or 0.25 points to 6.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 551 to 509 and 109 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 0.00% to 11.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 11.95 to $2010.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.86% or 0.37 to hit $42.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $45.05 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7595, while CAD/EUR rose 0.02% to 0.6365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 92.300.
Related Articles
Add Chart to Comment
Confirm Block
Are you sure you want to block %USER_NAME%?
By doing so, you and %USER_NAME% will not be able to see any of each other's Investing.com's posts.
%USER_NAME% was successfully added to your Block List
Since you’ve just unblocked this person, you must wait 48 hours before renewing the block.
Report this comment
I feel that this comment is:
Comment flagged
Thank You!
Your report has been sent to our moderators for review
Add a Comment
We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind:
Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.