Canadian stock market edging up Monday

Source: Xinhua | 2018-08-21

Canada's main stock market edged up Monday due to hopes of resolution in the U.S.-China trade dispute.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index edged up 7.32 points, or 0.04 percent, to close the day at 16,331.03 points.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.9 cent to 0.76.54 U.S. dollar.

The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc, Canopy Growth Corp and Bombardier Inc.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. surged 17.08 percent to 7.61 Canadian dollars on 30.6 million shares.

Belo Sun Mining Corp. soared 11.76 percent to 0.19 Canadian dollar on 17.5 million shares.

Canopy Growth Corp. rose 10.96 percent to 49.02 Canadian dollars.