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* TSX ends down 69.69 points, or 0.45 percent, at 15,552.88
* Six of the TSX's 10 main groups decline
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO, April 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday as sliding oil prices weighed on energy stocks, while solid earnings boosted Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO and BlackBerry Ltd BB.TO gained on a deal to get its cyber security tools in front of more potential customers.
The energy group -- which accounts for one fifth of the index's weight -- fell 1.5 percent as oil hit a two-week low with a surprising build in U.S. gasoline inventories and rising U.S. crude output undercut efforts by other countries to reduce a global glut. O/R
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ.TO fell 1.2 percent to C$43.70 and Encana Corp ECA.TO lost 3.3 percent to C$14.88.
Offsetting the group's losses, Parkland Fuel Co PKI.TO jumped 6 percent to C$30.48 following news that would buy Chevron (NYSE:CVX) Corp's CVX.N Canadian gasoline stations and British Columbia refinery for C$1.46 billion ($1.09 billion). Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE fell steadily throughout the session to end down 69.69 points, or 0.45 percent, at 15,552.88. Six of the index's 10 main groups finished in the red.
"To me, fundamentally, I think the Toronto Stock Exchange is going to be hard pressed to move significantly higher," based on expectations for a strong U.S. dollar, higher interest rates and lower oil prices, said Allan Small, a senior investment advisor at HollisWealth.
Shares of BlackBerry Ltd BB.TO gained 3.1 percent to C$12.04 after the technology company said insurer Allied World AWH.N would offer its cyber policyholders access to BlackBerry tools. said the news supported the notion that BlackBerry's turnaround plan was working.
"I'm actually starting to look at BlackBerry again," he said, adding that he would nevertheless need to see the company return to profitability before buying the stock for clients.
Barrick Gold Corp ABX.TO was the biggest drag on the index, falling 3.4 percent to C$24.48. Shanghai-listed Shandong Tyan Home 600807.SS said on Wednesday its negotiations with Barrick to buy a 50-percent stake of the Canadian operator's Kalgoorlie mine have ended without a deal. gold miners also slipped, tracking gold prices, which edged lower on a stronger U.S. dollar. Gold futures GCc1 fell 0.8 percent to $1,281.8 an ounce. GOL/
Rogers Communications Inc RCIb.TO rose 1.5 percent to C$62.36 after the country's largest wireless company by market share reported a sharp rise in first-quarter profit and higher revenue after markets closed on Tuesday. ($1 = 1.3445 Canadian dollars)