By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, April 8 – The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) ended higher
Tuesday, as rising prices in both the energy and metal sectors boosted
resource issues.
Key commodity prices shot up to their highest points in weeks as
the TSX surged by triple digits.
Crude oil prices rose as renewed tensions in the Ukraine pushed
the US dollar lower.
The S&P/TSX composite index rose 102.12 points, or 0.72%, to close at 14,372.45, on Tuesday. Trading volume was 301.20 million shares,
which compares with 291.80 million shares on Monday. Advances led
declines 1021 to 585.
Some of the most actively traded stocks included:
Osisko Mining—————up 2.76% at $ 7.44
Air Canada——————up 6.45% at $ 6.45
Some of the largest price changes included:
Seabridge Gold————–up 8.83% at $ 13.21
Domtar Canada Paper———dn 6.98% at $ 111.06
Canada’s agricultural sector faired as follows:
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 0.39 at $ 102.36
Buhler Industries————up $ 0.07 at $ 6.33
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.11 at $ 17.24
Potash Corp. of Sask.——–dn $ 0.02 at $ 37.09
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
