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TSX ends up 0.1% at 24,974.72
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Materials group rises 3.2% as gold jumps
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Energy adds 1.1%; oil settles 3.4% higher
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Carney says no tariff decisions made in Trump meeting
(Updates to market close)
By Sanchayaita Roy and Fergal Smith
May 6 (Reuters) - Canada's commodity-linked main stock
index rose on Tuesday as oil and gold prices climbed, but the
move was limited after the meeting between Canadian Prime
Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump yielded no
concrete trade policy shifts.
Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
ended up 21.2 points, or 0.1%, at 24,974.72 but stopping short
of the one-month high closing level it posted on Friday.
U.S. stocks retreated as comments from Trump and Treasury
Secretary Scott Bessent provided little clarity as to whether
any trade deals were on the horizon.
Carney said no decisions were made on tariffs during his
meeting with Trump.
"A lot of the ebbs and flows in the market these days is
still dependent on the tariff rhetoric but at some point over
the next few months, we're going to see how much damage has
actually been caused by tariffs or the uncertainty around it,"
said Josh Sheluk, portfolio manager at Verecan Capital
Management.
Canada's trade deficit narrowed to C$506 million ($366.34
million) in March, beating expectations as imports fell at a
faster rate than the drop in exports.
The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, recouped
some recent declines on signs of higher demand in Europe and
China.
U.S. crude oil futures settled 3.4% higher at $59.09
a barrel, which gave the TSX's energy sector a boost.
It rose 1.1% and the materials group, which includes metal
miners, was up 3.2% as the price of gold climbed above
$3,400 per ounce.
Industrials and heavily weighted financials both ended 0.4%
lower and technology lost 1.3%. It was weighed by a 4.9% decline
in the shares of e-commerce company Shopify Inc. ( SHOP )