Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Wednesday. The top gainers were Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Information Technology and Capped Industrials indices. Capped Energy, Capped Materials and Renewable Energy and Clean Technology indices were the top losers.
At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index fell 0.28%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were mixed. The TSX Venture dropped 0.53%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.93%.
- Celestica Inc (TSX:CLS).: Increased 1.84% or 1.36 points to 75.37.
- Shopify (TSX:SHOP): Climbed 1.43% or 1.58 points to 111.77.
- Waste Connections (TSX:WCN): Rose 1.52% or 3.65 points to 244.33.
- Mattr Corp (TSX:MATR): Dropped 6.37% or 0.89 points to 13.09.
- Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV): Fell 4.67% or 0.460 points to 9.390.
- Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN): Declined 4.47% or 0.89 points to 19.04.
In Commodities Trading:
- December Brent Oil Contract dropped by 3.39% or 2.74 points to 78.19 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for November delivery fell 2.60 points to 74.54 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for December delivery dropped 7.30 points to 2,658.70 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is trading at 1.3655.
- EUR/CAD is at 1.4994.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 102.215.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic events for Canada are the trade numbers.