Up on down day
Toronto’s main stock index ended slightly lower Thursday as strength in gold-mining issues was nearly enough to offset broad-based weakness and a drop in Potash Corp shares.
Eight of 10 main groups were lower, but a 1.3 percent rally in materials, home to gold-mining stocks, nearly offset the losses elsewhere, even a 3.8 percent decline by Potash Corp.
Overall, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index finished down just 3.16 points, or 0.03 percent, at 12,564.09.
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Not bad for AMZ to rise while Potash had a down day