© Reuters. Canadian stocks close to trade; S&P / TSX down 0.84%Investing.com – Canadian stocks were lower after closing on Tuesday, and underperformed.
It was down 0.84% during trading in Toronto.
Best performance in a season provided George Weston Limited (TSX :), which rose 5.42% or 5.55 points to close at 108.02. Loblaw Companies Ltd (TSX 🙂 meanwhile ended 4.09% or 2.74 points at 69.69. Tricon Capital Group Inc (TSX 🙂 surged 2.60% or 0.33 points to trade at 13.02.
The worst performance of the session was Westport Fuel Systems Inc (TSX :), which fell 10.01% or 1.08 points to close at 9.71. MEG Energy Corp (TSX 🙂 closed down 8.74% or 0.59 points to 6.16. Hudbay Minerals Inc (TSX 🙂 was down 8.42% or 0.73 points to 8.00.
The falling stocks outpaced the unchanged shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange at 742 to 343 and 82.
Shares of George Weston Limited (TSX 🙂 achieved a 52-week high; Added 5.42% or 5.55 to 108.02. Tricon Capital Group Inc (TSX 🙂 shares hit all-time highs; 2.60% or gain from 0.33 to 13.02.
The one that measures the inherent volatility of the S&P / TSX options was unchanged at 0% at 11.27.
Gold futures for April delivery declined 0.68%, or $ 11.85, to $ 1,726.25 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in May fell 6.51%, or $ 4.01, to $ 57.55 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 6.31% or 4.08 to trade at $ 60, 54 a barrel.
CAD / USD fell 0.41% to 0.7953 while CAD / EUR rose 0.31% to 0.6710.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.65% to 92.338.
