Canada Stocks: TSX falls 0.20 percent, up 1.5 pct for the week

RFA Financial

02/11/2018 20:18

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - * The Toronto Stock Exchange's
S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  fell 30.87 points, or 0.20 percent,
to 15,119.28, but closed out the week with a gain of 1.5
percent, its best weekly performance since May.
* Leading the index were Interfor Corp  IFP.TO , up 15.4
percent, Western Forest Products Inc  WEF.TO , up 14.5 percent,
and Maxar Technologies Ltd  MAXR.TO , higher by 11.9 percent.
* Lagging shares were Sleep Country Canada Holdings
Inc  ZZZ.TO , down 13.2 percent, Artis Real Estate Investment
Trust  AX_u.TO , down 11.9 percent, and Dorel Industries Inc
 DIIb.TO , lower by 8.3 percent.
* On the TSX 82 issues rose and 156 fell as a 0.5-to-1 ratio
favored decliners. There were 1 new highs and 18 new lows, with
total volume of 263.8 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis
Inc  ACB.TO , Encana Corp  ECA.TO  and Baytex Energy Corp
 BTE.TO .
* The TSX's energy group  .SPTTEN  fell 2.31 points, or
1.38 percent, while the financials sector  .SPTTFS  climbed 1.32
points, or 0.46 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures  CLc1  fell 1.35
percent, or $0.86, to $62.83 a barrel. Brent crude  LCOc1  
fell 0.44 percent, or $0.32, to $72.57  O/R 
* The TSX is off 6.7 percent for the year.

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