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Canadian stock market falls

Xinhua,January 30, 2018 Adjust font size:

TORONTO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canadian's main stock market ended down Monday as indices rode losses in health-care and resource stock to month-long lows.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 144.5 points, or 0.89 percent, to close the day at 16,094.72. All but one of the index's 10 main sectors were in negative territory.

The Canadian dollar weakened 0.15 cents to 81.06 cents U.S.

The energy group lost 1.8 percent as U.S. crude CLc1 prices settled down 58 cents at 65.56 U.S. dollars a barrel.

Enbridge Inc was the biggest drag on the index, down 1.5 percent at 46.35 Canadian dollars, followed by Suncor Energy which declined 1.5 percent to 45.53 Canadian.

SPTTGD dropped three percent while Barrick Gold fell 2.9 percent to 17.68 Canadian dollars.

Cannabis company Aphria Inc plunged 5.8 percent to 18.99 Canadian dollars. Canopy Growth dipped 5.7

percent to 33.10 Canadian dollars

Bombardier rose 1.7 percent to 3.60 Canadian dollars. Enditem