Canada Stocks: TSX edges up 0.04 percent

Uni-Select

27/02/2019 21:12

NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - * The Toronto Stock
Exchange's  S&P/TSX  .GSPTSE  edged up 6.39 points, or 0.04
percent, to 16,074.30.
* Leading the index were Cogeco Communications
Inc  CCA.TO , up 8.9 percent after a deal to sell its cloud
services unit, TransAlta Corp  TA.TO , up 6.7 percent following
its quarterly results, and Centerra Gold Inc  CG.TO , higher
by 4.2 percent.
* Lagging shares were Turquoise Hill Resources
Ltd  TRQ.TO , down 13.7 percent in the wake of its 2019
financial guidance, Laurentian Bank of Canada  LB.TO , down 9.8
percent after quarterly results, and Uni-Select Inc
 UNS.TO , lower by 7.2 percent.
* On the TSX 100 issues rose and 129 fell as a 0.8-to-1 ratio
favored decliners. There were 9 new highs and 2 new lows, with
total volume of 225.8 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis
Inc  ACB.TO , Bombardier Inc  BBDb.TO  and Encana Corp  ECA.TO .
* The TSX's energy group  .SPTTEN  rose 0.94 points, or
0.6 percent, while the financials sector  .SPTTFS  climbed 1.06
points, or 0.4 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures  CLc1  rose 2.61
percent, or $1.45, to $56.95 a barrel. Brent crude  LCOc1  
rose 1.69 percent, or $1.1, to $66.31  O/R 
* The TSX is up 12.2 percent for the year.

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