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Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.40%

Published 19/08/2015, 06:25 am
© Reuters.  Canada stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite down 0.40%

Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Intertape Polymer Group Inc . (TO:ITP), which rose 7.49% or 1.03 points to trade at 14.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Trilogy Energy Corp (TO:TET) added 4.91% or 0.19 points to end at 4.06 and Secure Energy Services Inc . (TO:SES) was up 4.57% or 0.45 points to 10.29 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM), which fell 9.68% or 0.82 points to trade at 7.65 at the close. Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) declined 8.00% or 0.73 points to end at 8.39 and Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) was down 7.63% or 0.10 points to 1.21.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 805 to 491 and 213 ended unchanged.

Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TO:FM) fell to 5-year lows; losing 9.68% or 0.82 to 7.65. Shares in Teck Resources Ltd (TO:TCKb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.00% or 0.73 to 8.39. Shares in Bombardier Inc (TO:BBDb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 7.63% or 0.10 to 1.21.

The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 0.29% to 17.24.

Gold for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.50 to $1116.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.45 to hit $42.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.20 to trade at $48.54 a barrel.

CAD/USD was up 0.25% to 0.7661, while CAD/EUR rose 0.65% to 0.6944.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.98.

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