By Nichola Saminather
TORONTO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index edged
lower on Tuesday with losses led by industrials and energy
companies, as oil prices fell and appetite for global stocks
faltered.
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index
opened down 35.7 points, or 0.23 percent, and was
trading 39.72 points, or 0.26 percent, lower at 15,202.16 at
09:51 a.m. EST (1451 GMT).
* On Monday, the index posted its biggest one-day gain since
July 2016, with all 10 sectors in positive territory, as global
stocks, oil and metals rebounded following a brutal week.
* The world stocks index slipped almost 0.1
percent on Tuesday, and the U.S. S&P 500 index fell 0.5 percent.
* Energy companies Baytex Energy , Crew Energy
and Precision Drilling were the biggest
decliners on the index, with losses of 4 percent, 3.7 percent
and 3.1 percent respectively.
* U.S. crude futures dropped 1.25 percent to $58.57.
* NuVista Energy bucked the energy trend to rise 5
percent, the second-biggest gain on the index, after Eight
Capital and Raymond James raised their target prices.
* Mining company First Quantum Minerals was the
biggest gainer, jumping almost 5 percent after Eight Capital and
Raymond James raised their target prices, although Berenberg cut
its target.
* Copper futures rose 2.2 percent to $6,985 a tonne.
Gold was flat at $1,323.31 an ounce, while silver
retreated 0.4 percent to $16.48 an ounce.
* First Quantum and Whitecap Resources were the
most actively traded stocks on the index.
* There were 95 advancing stocks and 139 declining ones on
the index.
(Reporting by Nichola Saminather; Editing by Peter Cooney and
Andrew Hay)
