Canada's main stock market edging up Tuesday

TORONTO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market edged up Tuesday due to the gains led by consumer discretionary and mining stocks.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index went up 24.51 points, or 0.15 percent, to close the day at 16,519.24 points.

Nevsun Resources Ltd. jumped 13.06 percent to 4.76 Canadian dollars.

Bombardier Inc. climbed 19 percent to 5.22 Canadian dollars.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. declined 1.12 percent to 7.97 Canadian dollars while Canopy Growth Corp. lost 4 percent to 34.8 Canadian dollars.

Aphria Inc. fell 4.4 percent to 10.42 Canadian dollars while Enbridge Inc. was down 2.13 percent to 45.49 Canadian dollars.