Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Friday. The top gainers were Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Consumer Discretionary and Capped Energy indices. Top losers were Capped Materials and Capped Information Technology.
At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index fell 0.03%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were mixed. The TSX Venture dropped 0.37%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.34%.
Top Gainers:
Primo Water (TSX:PRMW): Increased 2.35% or 0.77 points to 33.48.
Lightspeed Commerce (TSX:LSPD): Climbed 1.90% or 0.42 points to 22.53.
Methanex (TSX:MX): Rose 1.81% or 1.01 points to 56.77 .
Top Losers:
BlackBerry (TSX:BB): Declined 9.86% or 0.34 points to 3.11.
OceanaGold (TSX:OGC): Fell 2.67% or 0.105 points to 3.825.
Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX): Dropped 2.53% or 0.22 points to 8.46
In Commodities Trading:
- December Brent Oil Contract declined by 0.56% or 0.40 points to 70.69 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for November delivery dropped 0.26 points to 67.41 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for December delivery fell 5.55 points to 2,689.35 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is trading at 1.3485.
- EUR/CAD is at 1.50.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 100.010.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic events for Canada are GDP and budget balance data.
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