Canadian stock market continuing down
Xinhua,March 29, 2018 Adjust font size:
OTTAWA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock index continued falling to a six-week low Wednesday due to a retreat in gold and oil prices weighed on mining and energy companies.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 46.24 points, or 0.3 percent, to end the day at 15,169.94.
The Canadian dollar came to 0.77.64 U.S. dollar.
Hudson's Bay rose 1.18 percent to 8.61 Canadian dollars.
Gold miners were the biggest decliners among materials stocks with First Quantum, Ivanhoe Mines, Turquoise Hill Resources each dropping more than seven percent as gold eased from a near six-week high on a strengthening in the U.S. dollar.
The energy sector also flagged as oil prices settled almost fell 1 percent.
BlackBerry lost 1.38 percent to 15.76 Canadian dollars.
The largest percentage gainer was Badger Daylighting, which up 12.6 percent, while Ivanhoe plunged 7.9 percent, the largest percentage decliner. Enditem