{"id":8238,"date":"2021-03-22T21:29:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/03\/22\/tsx-ends-modestly-lower-after-cautious-session\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T21:29:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:29:40","slug":"tsx-ends-modestly-lower-after-cautious-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/03\/22\/tsx-ends-modestly-lower-after-cautious-session\/","title":{"rendered":"TSX Ends Modestly Lower After Cautious Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The Canadian stock market ended modestly lower on Monday after spending the entire session in negative territory, as investors largely stayed cautious and refrained from making significant moves.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark S&amp;P\/TSX Composite Index ended with a loss of 38.87 points or 0.21% at 18,815.13, after scaling a low of 18,772.57 and a high of 18,852.36.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare, industrials and energy stocks posted sharp losses, contributing to market&#8217;s weakness. Technology and utilities shares fared well. Stocks from consumer staples, telecom and real estate sectors too found decent support. Materials and financial shares were mostly subdued.<\/p>\n<p>In the healthcare section, Aurora Cannabis (ACB.TO), Cronos Group (CRON.TO) and Aphria Inc (APHA.TO) lost 4.4%, 3.75% and 3.65%, respectively. Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.TO) and Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUP.TO) ended lower by 2.5% and 2.2%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the industrials sector, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP.TO) declined 5.4%, Air Canada (AC.TO) and Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) both closed lower by about 3.4%, Snc-Lavalin (SNC.TO) slid 2.1%, while Exchange Income Corp (EIF.TO) ended down 1.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Among energy stocks, Enerplus Corp (ERF.TO) slid nearly 5%, while Crescent Point Energy (CPG.TO), Vermilion Energy (VET.TO), Suncor Energy (SU.TO) and Cenovus Energy (CVE.TO) lost 2.2 to 2.9%. Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO), Parex Resources (PXT.TO), Arc Resources (ARX.TO) and Imperial Oil (IMO.TO) also declined sharply.<\/p>\n<p>Technology stocks Absolute Software Corp (ABST.TO), Shopify Inc (SHOP.TO), Constellation Software (CSU.TO), Lightspeed Pos (LSPD.TO), Docebo Inc. (DCBO.TO) and Photon Control (PHO.TO) gained 2.4 to 4.1%.<\/p>\n<p>In the utilities section, Northland Power (NPI.TO), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE.TO), Transalta Corp (TA.TO), Transalta Renewables (RNW.TO) and Capital Power Corp (CPX.TO) gained 2 to 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Materials shares Novagold (NG.TO), Oceanagold (OGC.TO), Eldorado Gold (ELD.TO), Nutrien (NTR.TO), Torex Gold Resources (TXG.TO), Kirkland Lake Gold (KL.TO) and Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO) ended sharply lower.<\/p>\n<p>National Bank of Canada (NA.TO), Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO), Manulife Financial (MFC.TO) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) ended notably lower. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>TSX Ends Modestly Lower After Cautious Session<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2021-03-22 21:29:40<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian stock market ended modestly lower on Monday after spending the entire session in negative territory, as investors largely stayed cautious and refrained from making significant moves. 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