Canada Stocks: TSX see-saws; strong energy offsets mining weakness

Crew Energy

20/02/2018 15:08

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    TORONTO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index 
see-sawed on Tuesday, with strength in the heavyweight energy 
sector offseting weakness among mining stocks. 
    At 9:48AM EST (1448 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's 
S&P/TSX composite index  .GSPTSE  rose 6.89 points, or 0.04 
percent, to 15,459.53. 
    * The energy group  .SPTTEN  climbed 0.4 percent, with Crew 
Energy Inc  CR.TO  and Birchcliff Energy  BIR.TO  both rising 3 
percent.  
    * The largest percentage gainer on the TSX was Capital Power 
Corp  CPX.TO , which rose 4.8 percent, while the largest 
decliner was Uni-Select Inc  UNS.TO , down 14.7 percent. 
    * Among the most active Canadian stocks by volume were 
Aurora Cannabis  ACB.TO , up 2.1 percent to $10.34; Bombardier B 
 BBDb.TO , unchanged at $3.73 and Canopy Growth Co  WEED.TO , up 
3.8 percent to $27.51. 
    * The materials group  .GSPTTMT , which includes precious 
and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.6 
percent. 
    * Gold futures  GCc1  fell 1.2 percent to $1,337.2 an ounce. 
 GOL/  
    * Copper prices  CMCU3  declined 0.2 percent to $7,104 a 
tonne.  MET/L  
    * The TSX posted three new 52-week highs and three new lows. 
    * Canadian wholesale trade fell 0.5 percent due to lower 
sales in the personal and household goods sector, Statistics 
Canada said. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had forecast a 0.4 
percent increase.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nSCLKDEE3I 
 
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Keywords: CANADA STOCKS/