Canadian stock market continued down
Xinhua,April 05, 2018 Adjust font size:
TORONTO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock index fell to its lowest level in nearly two months Wednesday due to fears of a trade war between China and the United States..
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 16.39 points, or 0.11 percent, to close the day at 15,164.37.
Six of the index' s 10 main groups closed lower.
The Canadian dollar came to 0.78.07 U.S. dollar.
Health-care stocks took the biggest drops. Aurora Cannabis lost 6.3 percent to 7.56 Canadian dollars while Canopy Growth fell 5.4 percent to 26.49 Canadian dollars.
The biggest decliner was First Quantum Minerals, down 2.2 percent to 17.86 Canadian dollars.
The largest gainer was Eldorado Gold, which rose 4.4 percent to 1.19 Canadian dollars. Enditem