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Toronto Stock Exchange energy losses offset mining

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index (.GSPTSE)
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 held steady at 24,793.53 points, mirroring the sentiment on Wall Street.

However, high silver and gold prices helped limit losses for Canadian stocks.

“A lot of gains were experienced yesterday and today you are probably going to see muted markets,” Allan Small, senior investment adviser at Allan Small Financial Group with iA Private Wealth, said on Thursday.

The Bank of Canada is expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.00% when it meets later this month, according to a Reuters poll of economists.

Source – Reuters

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