TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was little changed at midday on Wednesday after two sessions of strong gains as a jump in BCE Inc
Second-quarter profit for BCE, the parent of Bell Canada and the country's largest telecom company, beat expectations as wireless and media-arm growth spurred the company to lift its full-year earnings outlook and dividend payout.
Its shares gained 3.5 percent to C$44.76, the single biggest positive influence on the index.
"There is still a huge demand for yield and Bell will hit that category," said Paul Hand, a managing director at RBC Capital Markets.
Research In Motion Ltd
The gains helped offset the impact of weak data from major European economies Germany and Britain, which contributed to the commodity price declines that hurt resource shares on the index.
Among the heaviest weights were Enbridge Inc
Air Canada fell 8.7 percent to C$1.05 after the country's largest airline posted a bigger quarterly loss and said labor disruptions and the closure of its plane maintenance contractor crimped its operations.
At 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> was down 11.7 points, or 0.1 percent, at 11,852.06. On Tuesday it closed at its highest level since July 4.
Shares of Silver Wheaton Corp
Rona Inc
(Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson; and Peter Galloway)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tsx-may-open-lower-euro-zone-data-weighs-130725092--finance.html
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