Canada Stocks-TSX pulls back from record high as financial and industrial shares fall
EWC•TSX falls from record close as financials and industrials weaken
July 29 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday, weighed down by declines for financial and industrial shares, as oil prices jumped and the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold.
The S&P/TSX Composite index .GSPTSE ended down 415.92 points, or 1.2%, at 35,333.78, after posting a record closing high on Tuesday.
- Wall Street also fell after the Fed's decision to leave the benchmark interest rate in the 3.50%-3.75% range drew dissents from three policymakers and as AI-related chip stocks added to recent declines ahead of quarterly reports from Microsoft and Meta Platforms.
- Heavily weighted financials .SPTTFS fell 2.9%, including declines for Canada's six major banks.
- Industrials .GSPTTIN ended 1% lower, with shares of construction and engineering company Aecon Group ARE.TO down 9.1%.
- Allied Gold AAUC.TO said its planned C$5.5 billion ($3.90 billion) sale to China's Zijin Gold 2259.HK was terminated after the companies concluded they were unlikely to satisfy closing conditions by the agreed deadline. Shares of Allied Gold tumbled 18.6%.
- Energy .SPTTEN was the only major sector to end higher, adding 3.2%, helped by a 4.5% gain for Cenovus Energy CVE.TO. The company raised its 2026 production outlook after reporting a more than threefold jump in second-quarter profit.
- The price of oil CLc1 settled 6.6% higher at $84.46 a barrel as airstrikes resumed in the Middle East, adding to worries about dwindling supply as U.S. government data showed domestic crude inventories fell to a multi-year low.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney played down the idea of curbing oil supplies to the U.S. to gain leverage in a trade war, saying that would harm Canada's reputation.




