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CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits a 2-week low on widespread sell-off

Published 2017-02-24, 11:28 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits a 2-week low on widespread sell-off
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* TSX falls 167.07 points, or 1.06 percent, to 15,614.13

* All of the TSX's 10 main groups retreat

* Energy falls more than 2 percent

TORONTO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index hit a two-week low in Friday, extending its pullback from a record high in a broad-based sell-off that included losses for its heavyweight energy and financial services groups as oil prices fell.

At 10:50 a.m. ET (1550 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 167.07 points, or 1.06 percent, at 15,614.13. All of the index's 10 main groups were lower.

For the week, the index was on track to fall 1.4 percent, the most since before the U.S. presidential election in early November, while stocks on Wall Street also declined on Friday as investors assessed whether the "Trump rally" had gone too far too soon. Bank of Canada RY.TO reported quarterly earnings of more than C$3 billion for the first time, beating market forecasts. its shares fell 0.9 percent to C$97.38, and the financial services sector retreated 0.8 percent.

Auto parts maker Magna International Inc MG.TO tumbled 5.5 percent to C$55.92 after it reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as costs rose. Energy Inc HSE.TO fell 2.5 percent to C$15.99 even as the oil producer reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss. energy group tumbled more than 2 percent as oil prices fell, with Suncor Energy Inc SU.TO declining 2.7 percent to C$41.69.

U.S. crude CLc1 prices were down 0.50 percent at $54.18 a barrel after inventories rose for the seventh week. O/R

In an interview with Reuters on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke favorably about a potentially export-boosting border adjustment tax being pushed by Republicans in the U.S. Congress.

Investors worry that the border tax would reduce the competitiveness of Canada's oil exports.

Canada's MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd MDA.TO said it would buy U.S.-based DigitalGlobe Inc DGI.N for about C$3.10 billion to strengthen its position in the satellite imagery market. shares tumbled 5.1 percent to C$65.50, while the industrials group declined 0.8 percent.

The materials group, which includes precious and base metal miners and fertilizer companies, fell 0.4 percent. Its losses were cushioned by gains for gold stocks as the metal climbed to its highest in 3-1/2 months.

Gold futures GCc1 rose 0.2 percent to $1,252.6 an ounce, and copper prices CMCU3 advanced 1.5 percent to $5,949.5 a tonne. GOL/ MET/L

Canada's annual inflation rate jumped to a stronger-than-expected 2.1 percent in January, its highest in more than two years.

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