Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Wednesday. The top losers at the market open were Capped Energy, Capped Industrials and Capped Financial indices. Capped Health Care, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology and Capped Communication Services indices were up.
At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index fell 0.32%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also down. The TSX Venture declined 0.37%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.40%.
- Bausch Health (TSX:BHC): Rose 4.61% or 0.45 points to 10.21.
- BCE (TSX:BCE): Increased 4.28% or 2.01 points to 48.96.
- Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb): Climbed 2.46% or 2.350 points to 97.890.
- Rogers Communications (TSX:RCIa): Dropped 3.03% or 1.68 points to 53.81.
- K92 Mining (TSX:KNT): Declined 2.57% or 0.22 points to 8.16.
- ARC Resources (TSX:ARX): Fell 2.39% or 0.56 points to 22.83.
In Commodities Trading:
- November Brent Oil Contract dropped by 0.35% or 0.26 points to 73.44 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for November delivery fell 0.19 points to 69.77 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for December delivery rose 5.80 points to 2,598.20 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is trading at 1.3584.
- EUR/CAD is at 1.5124 at the time of writing.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.412.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic event for the Canadian markets is the Foreign Securities Purchases data for July, but the Fed interest rate decision will be watched closely.