TORONTO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canadian main stock market continued down Thursday for a third day in a row as energy and financial stocks fell.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 122.29 points, or 0.86 percent, to close the day at 14,141.77 points.
The Canadian dollar traded at an average of 0.74.10 U.S. dollar compared with an average of 0.74.35 U.S. dollar Wednesday.
On the market, a total of 82 issues rose while 158 stocks fell. There were one new high and 47 new lows, with total volume of 307.9 million shares.
The energy group fell 2.34 points, or 1.72 percent while the financial sector lost 1.96 points, or 0.73 percent.
Among the energy stocks, Enbridge Inc. fell 55 cents to 41.89 Canadian dollars.
Aphria Inc. declined 22 cents to 7.04 Canadian dollars.
The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc., Bombardier Inc. and Kinross Gold Corp.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. fell 26 cents to 6.88 Canadian dollars on 12.5 million shares while Bombardier Inc. rose nine cents to 1.96 Canadian dollars on 10.4 million shares and Kinross Gold Corp. soared 35 cents to 4.21 Canadian dollars on 8.7 million shares.
