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CANADA STOCKS-TSX dips as lower oil prices weigh on energy stocks

Published 2018-05-25, 10:22 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA STOCKS-TSX dips as lower oil prices weigh on energy stocks

(Reuters) - Canada's main stock index dipped on Friday for the fourth straight day, as a more than 2 percent drop in oil prices pushed energy stocks lower.

* At 9:48 a.m. ET (1348 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite Index .GSPTSE was down 27.44 points, or 0.17 percent, at 16,086.18.

* Oil prices fell as Saudi Arabia and Russia said they were ready to ease supply curbs that have pushed crude prices to their highest since 2014. O/R

* The energy sector .SPTTEN fell 2.6 percent, weighed down by 1.2 percent drop in shares of Suncor Energy SU.TO and 1 percent dip in Canadian Natural Resources CNQ.TO .

* Also weighing on TSX was the 0.1 percent drop in shares of materials group .GSPTTMT , which includes precious and base metals miners.

* Mine developer Northern Dynasty NDM.TO ended talks with First Quantum FM.TO to partner on an Alaska mine, which sent shares of the copper miner down 0.7 percent.

* Seven of the index's eleven major sectors were higher, led by the industrials sector .GSPTTIN that rose 0.7 percent.

* Boosting the industrials were shares of civil aviation training provider CAE Inc CAE.TO , which rose 1.6 percent after posting first-quarter results.

* The Canadian dollar weakened to a more than two-week low against the greenback as oil prices fell and the U.S. Dollar broadly climbed. Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said there is about a 40 percent chance of concluding the renegotiation of NAFTA before the country's presidential election on July 1. On the TSX, 122 issues were higher, while 119 issues declined for a 1.03-to-1 ratio favoring gainers, with 21.00 million shares traded.

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* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were CAE Inc and Endeavour Mining EDV.TO .

* Computer Modelling Group CMG.TO fell 0.7 percent, the most on the main index after IA Securities cut the stock's rating to "hold" from "buy".

* The second biggest decliner on TSX was MEG Energy Corp MEG.TO down 0.5 percent.

* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Neovasc Inc NVCN.TO , Nemaska Lithium NMX.TO and Crescent Point Energy Corp CPG.TO .

* The TSX posted seven new 52-week highs and one new low.

* Across all Canadian issues there were 13 new 52-week highs and seven new lows, with total volume of 41.74 million shares.

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