* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE fell 1.96 points, or 0.01 percent, to 16,523.47.
* Leading the index were First Majestic Silver Corp FR.TO , up 7.0 percent, NovaGold Resources Inc NG.TO , up 5.8 percent, and Iamgold Corp IMG.TO , higher by 4.6 percent.
* Lagging shares were Gran Tierra Energy Inc GTE.TO , down 6.1 percent, Shopify Inc SHOP.TO , down 4.8 percent, and Seven Generations Energy Ltd VII.TO , lower by 4.6 percent.
* On the TSX 110 issues rose and 124 fell as a 0.9-to-1 ratio favored decliners. There were 17 new highs and no new lows, with total volume of 198.0 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Barrick Gold Corp ABX.TO , Encana Corp ECA.TO and B2gold Corp BTO.TO .
* The TSX's energy group .SPTTEN fell 0.33 points, or 0.2 percent, while the financials sector .SPTTFS slipped 0.05 points, or 0.0 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 rose 0.71 percent, or $0.41, to $57.84 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 0.44 percent, or $0.29, to $64.91 O/R
* The TSX is up 15.4 percent for the year.