Canadian stock market rebounds

Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-23 07:13:04|Editor: huaxia
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TORONTO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market rebounded Wednesday as energy and health-care issues rose.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index rose 50.37 points, or 0.31 percent, to finish the day at 16,347.34 points.

The Canadian dollar added 0.29 cents to 0.76.97 U.S. dollar.

Suncor Energy rose 1.7 percent to 53.41 Canadian dollars while Canadian Natural Resources gained 1.4 percent to 45.78 Canadian dollars.

Bausch Health Companies rose 3.6 percent to 30.24 Canadian dollars while Canopy Growth jumped 3.8 percent to 52.15 Canadian dollars.

The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc., Canopy Growth Corp. and Baytex Energy Corp.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. fell 1.35 percent to 8.05 Canadian dollars on 23.9 million shares, Canopy Growth Corp. rose 3.66 percent to 52.10 Canadian dollars on 10.55 million shares, and Baytex Energy Corp. added 1.29 percent to 3.93 Canadian dollars on 9.63 million shares. Enditem

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