Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Wednesday after the monetary policy decision. The top losers were Capped Materials, Capped Energy and Capped Information Technology; and the top gainers were Capped Industrials, Capped Consumer Discretionary and Capped Real Estate indices.
At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index dropped 0.15%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap also declined. The TSX Venture fell 1.11%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.62%.
Top Gainers:
- goeasy (TSX:GSY): Rose 3.39% or 5.61 points to 171.00.
- Boyd Group (TSX:BYD): Climbed 2.58% or 5.56 points to 221.06.
- West Fraser Timber (TSX:WFG): Increased 2.30% or 2.99 points to 133.12.
Top Losers:
- Capstone Mining (TSX:CS): Dropped 3.96% or 0.41 points to 9.84.
- Seabridge Gold (TSX:SEA): Fell 3.10% or 0.88 points to 27.51.
- Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN): Declined 2.48% or 0.49 points to 19.29.
In Commodities Trading:
- December Brent Oil Contract dropped by 0.59% or 0.45 points to 75.59 a barrel.
- Crude Oil for December delivery fell 0.45 points to 71.29 a barrel.
- Gold Futures for December delivery declined 10.05 points to 2,749.75 a troy ounce.
Currency Markets:
- USD/CAD is at 1.3850.
- EUR/CAD is trading at 1,4927.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 104.300.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic event on the calendar was the interest rate decision from the Bank of Canada and they delivered a 3.75% as expected.
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