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CANADA STOCKS-TSX dragged lower by banks, energy shares stem decline

Published 2017-07-24, 10:47 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA STOCKS-TSX dragged lower by banks, energy shares stem decline
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* TSX down 52.37 points, or 0.34 percent, at 15,130.76

* Nine of the TSX's 10 main groups were lower

OTTAWA, July 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell broadly on Monday, dragged lower by declines in shares of the country's biggest banks, as well as a retreat in gold miners and retailers.

The energy sector .SPTTEN helped stem the market's decline in early morning trading, rising 0.2 percent as oil prices jumped after Saudi Arabia said it would cut its crude exports. O/R

Encana ECA.TO rose 1.8 percent to C$12.56, while Canadian Natural Resources CNQ.TO added 0.1 percent to C$37.3 as U.S. crude CLc1 prices climbed 1.3 percent to $46.38 a barrel.

Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO was among the biggest drags on the index, down 0.5 percent at C$65.03, followed closely by Royal Bank of Canada BNS.TO , which declined 0.3 percent to C$93.57.

The financials group .SPTTFS , which accounts for about 30 percent of the index's weighting, slipped 0.5 percent.

At 10:20 a.m. ET (1420 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 52.37 points, or 0.34 percent, at 15,130.76. Of the index's 10 main groups, nine were in negative territory.

Natural resources shares .GSPTTMT tumbled 0.6 percent as gold miners fell, including Barrick Gold ABX.TO , which declined 1.5 percent to C$19.99.

Shares of potash producers also declined, with Potash Corp POT.TO falling 0.6 percent to C$22.43, while Agrium Inc AGU.TO was down 0.5 percent at C$124.74.

Consumer-related shares added to the general weakness on the Toronto market, including grocer Loblaw L.TO , which declined 0.8 percent to C$70.8, and pharmacy chain Alimentation Couche-Tard ATDb.TO , which slipped 0.7 percent to C$59.83.

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