Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Thursday. The top gainers were Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Information Technology and Capped Real Estate indices; while the top losers were Capped Materials, Capped Energy and Capped Industrials.
At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index dropped 0.43%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also down. The TSX Venture fell 0.39%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.75%.
Top Gainers:
- Empire Company (TSX:EMPa): Increased 6.76% or 2.91 points to 45.94.
- Transcontinental (TSX:TCLa): Climbed 5.99% or 1.05 points to 18.58.
- Celestica Inc (TSX:CLS).: Rose 1.28% or 1.63 points to 129.01.
Top Losers:
- Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX): Declined 6.50% or 0.59 points to 8.48.
- Novagold (TSX:NG): Dropped 4.04% or 0.22 points to 5.22.
- New Gold (TSX:NGD): Fell 4.00% or 0.175 points to 4.205.
In Commodities Trading:
- February Brent Oil Contract dropped by 0.56% or 0.41 points to 73.11 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for January delivery fell 0.53 points to 69.76 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for February delivery declined 44.49 points to 2,712.21 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is trading at 1.4170.
- EUR/CAD is trading at 1.4891.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.280.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic calendar for Canada has building permits in focus.
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