Canada's main stock index was little changed on Friday as heavyweight financial shares fell, offsetting gains for resource and healthcare stocks. At 10:38 am EST (15:38 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index fell 5.32 points, or 0.03 percent, to 16,198.69.
The financials group, which accounts for more than one-third of the TSX's weight, slipped 0.4 percent as shares of some of the country's major banks declined. Toronto-Dominion Bank fell 0.6 percent to C$73.96, while Bank of Nova Scotia was down 0.7 percent at C$81.28.
Just three of the index's 10 main groups were lower. The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 0.2 percent.
Gold climbed back toward the previous session's 17-month peak as the US dollar index fell.
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