Canada's main stock index was little changed on Friday as gains for the shares of mining and energy companies were offset by declines in financial stocks. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index closed up 4.7 points, or 0.03 percent, at 15,273.97. For the week, the index was up 0.4 percent. The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.8 percent.
Gold futures rose 0.5 percent to $1,344.6 an ounce. The financials group, which accounts for more than one-third of the weight of the TSX, slipped 0.5 percent. Among the most active Canadian stocks by volume were Aurora Cannabis, up 8.6 percent to $8.73; Encana Corp, up 3.6 percent to $15.25 and Aphria. The index posted 5 new 52-week highs and 6 new lows.
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