04:17 PM EDT, 09/16/2019 (MT Newswires) -- Five Canadian stocks are set to join the S&P/TSX Composite Index, at the expense of 11 other stocks -- including troubled cannabis company CannTrust (TRST.TO) -- that will be removed Sept. 23, the Globe & Mail reported.
The new members are three miners: Seabridge Gold, Silvercorp Metals and Wesdome Gold Mines plus Ballard Power Systems and financial company Equitable Group.
The stocks dropped, in addition to CannTrust, include eight energy companies: Birchcliff Energy (BIR.TO), Ensign Energy Services (ESI.TO), Kelt Exploration (KEL.TO), NuVista Energy (NVA.TO), NexGen Energy (NXE.TO), Precision Drilling (PD.TO), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY.TO) and Torc Oil & Gas (TOG.TO).
S&P also dropped Sierra Wireless (SW.TO) and Western Forest Products (WEF.TO).
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