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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as Home Capital slumps; energy stocks gain

Published 2017-04-26, 10:58 a/m
Updated 2017-04-26, 11:00 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as Home Capital slumps; energy stocks gain

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* TSX down 9.51 points, or 0.06 percent, at 15,735.68

* Six of the TSX's 10 main groups move higher

TORONTO, April 26 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slipped on Wednesday, weighed by a plunge in shares of Home Capital Group Inc HCG.TO after the mortgage lender agreed to a major credit line, while energy stocks moved higher as oil prices reversed losses.

Home Capital fell 58.7 percent to C$7.06 after the alternative lender said it would secure a C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) credit line to shore up its shrinking balance sheet. influential decliners included Burger King and Tim Horton parent Restaurant Brands International QSR.TO , which fell 4.5 percent to C$75.82 despite reporting profit and revenue that beat expectations. energy group climbed 0.6 percent, as U.S. oil prices pushed higher following a bigger-than-expected drawn on the country's crude inventories.

At 10:45 a.m. ET (1445 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 9.51 points, or 0.06 percent, at 15,735.68. Six of its 10 main groups were in positive territory.

Teck Resources Ltd TECKb.TO advanced 3 percent to C$29.71 after it said it will double its dividend payout.

Industrials rose 0.2 percent, led by the country's two main railway companies after recent solid results. Canadian National Railway Co CNR.TO added 0.8 percent to C$99.90 while rival Canadian Pacific railway Ltd CP.TO added 1.0 percent to C$212.08.

Canadian retail sales fell more than expected in February, dragged down by lower vehicle purchases and cheaper prices for gasoline at the pump, but the decline did not alter expectations for strong economic growth in the first quarter.

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