Canada Stocks: TSX rises 0.14 percent

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty

30/01/2019 21:08

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - * The Toronto Stock Exchange's
S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  rose 21.41 points, or 0.14 percent,
to 15,484.55.
* Leading the index were Precision Drilling
Corp  PD.TO , up 13.9 percent after announcing a debt repayment
plan, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp  LIF.TO , up 12.5 percent,
and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd  IVN.TO  , higher by 8.8 percent.
* Lagging shares were Nexgen Energy Ltd  NXE.TO , down 6.9
percent, Cameco Corp  CCO.TO , down 3.2 percent, and CI
Financial Corp  CIX.TO , lower by 2.5 percent.
* On the TSX 155 issues rose and 76 fell as a 2-to-1 ratio
favored advancers. There were 12 new highs and no new lows, with
total volume of 233.6 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis
Inc  ACB.TO , Barrick Gold Corp  ABX.TO  and B2gold Corp
 BTO.TO .
* The TSX's energy group  .SPTTEN  rose 1.53 points, or
1.03 percent, while the financials sector  .SPTTFS  climbed 0.61
points, or 0.21 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures  CLc1  rose 1.84
percent, or $0.98, to $54.29 a barrel. Brent crude  LCOc1  
rose 0.67 percent, or $0.41, to $61.73  O/R 
* The TSX is up 8.1 percent for the year.

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