(Updates at market close)
* TSX ends down 0.2% at 33,891.18
* Energy declines 1.1% as oil settles nearly 3% lower
* Materials group loses 1.1% as gold dips
* Badger Infrastructure jumps 19.3% on Q1 revenue beat
By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Fergal Smith
TORONTO, May 1 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
dipped on Friday, leaving it barely changed for the week, as
losses for resource shares offset gains for technology, and
investors weighed prospects of diplomatic progress in the Iran
war.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX Composite Index
ended down 73.15 points, or 0.2%, at 33,891.18. For
the week, the index inched 0.04% lower, while it has advanced
6.9% since the start of the year.
Tehran has submitted its latest proposal for negotiations
with the United States, Iranian state media and a Pakistani
official said, a move that could offer hope for breaking a
deadlock in efforts to end the Iran war.
"There's going to be a lot of uncertainty until the tensions
kind of die down," said Webull Canada CEO Michael Constantino.
The conflict has spurred inventory building in Canada's
manufacturing sector, leading to the sector expanding in April
at its fastest pace in nearly four years.
Energy fell 1.1% as oil gave back some recent
gains. U.S. crude oil futures settled nearly 3% lower at
$101.94 a barrel.
Imperial Oil ( IMO ) missed analysts' estimates for
first-quarter profit, as weaker crude realizations and unplanned
outages at its facilities reduced refinery throughput. The oil
producers' shares fell 4%.
The materials group, which includes metal mining
shares, lost 1.1% as the price of gold edged lower.
Three of the 10 major sectors ended higher, including
technology. It rose 1.9%, with shares of e-commerce
company Shopify Inc ( SHOP ) up 5.2%.
Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd ( BDGIF ) was a
standout. Its shares jumped 19.3% after the excavating firm
reported first-quarter revenue that beat estimates.
(Reporting by Fergal Smith in Toronto and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi in
Bengaluru; editing by Joyjeet Das)