NEW YORK: The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX fell 23.73 points, or 0.15 percent, to 16,137.57.
Leading the index were Nevsun Resources Ltd, up 17.8 percent, Maxar Technologies Ltd, up 5.3 percent, and Loblaw Companies Ltd, higher by 4.6 percent.
Lagging shares were Precision Drilling Corp, down 7.5 percent, Canada Goose Holdings Inc, down 7.3 percent, and BlackBerry Ltd, lower by 6.1 percent.
On the TSX 79 issues advanced and 157 declined as a 0.5-to-1 ratio favored decliners. There were 5 new highs and 24 new lows, with total volume of 252.5 million shares.
The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc, Canopy Growth Corp and Aphria Inc.
The TSX’s energy group fell 1.54 points, or 0.79 percent, while the financials sector climbed 0.25 points, or 0.08 percent.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 1.4 percent, or $0.98, to $68.89 a barrel. Brent crude fell 1.05 percent, or $0.82, to $77.35
The TSX is off 0.4 percent for the year.
Source: Brecorder
