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CANADA STOCKS-TSX retreats from hefty gain as energy shares weigh

Published 2018-02-13, 05:25 p/m
Updated 2018-02-13, 05:30 p/m
© Reuters.  CANADA STOCKS-TSX retreats from hefty gain as energy shares weigh

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Feb 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell modestly on Tuesday, pausing after racking up a hefty gain in the previous session, as industrial and energy shares fell along with the price of oil.

* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ended down 25.41 points, or 0.17 percent, at 15,216.47.

* On Monday, the index posted its biggest one-day gain since July 2016, with all 10 sectors in positive territory as global stocks, oil and metals rebounded following a brutal week. Canadian National Railway CNR.TO was among the biggest drags on the index, losing 1.6 percent to C$95.28. The industrials sector .GSPTTIN fell 0.3 percent.

* The energy group .SPTTEN , which accounts for about a third of the index, retreated 0.8 percent as U.S. crude oil prices CLc1 settled down 10 cents at $59.19 a barrel on concerns of oversupply. O/R

* In Toronto, Encana Corp ECA.TO declined 2 percent to C$13.40, while Imperial Oil IMO.TO fell 2.7 percent to C$34.40.

* NuVista Energy NVA.TO bucked the energy trend to rise 3 percent to C$7.83 after Eight Capital and Raymond James raised their target prices.

* Mining company First Quantum Minerals FM.TO was the biggest percentage gainer, jumping 7.7 percent to C$20.22 after Eight Capital and Raymond James raised their target prices, although Berenberg cut its target.

* The Toronto Stock Exchange posted four new 52-week highs and nine lows. Volume on the TSX index was 219.33 million shares.

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