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Stocks in Canada slipped Tuesday, as the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.4% to 22042.50. The blue-chip S&P/TSX 60 fell 0.3% to 1,314.73.
Among large companies, Hut 8 posted the largest decline, dropping 8.3%, followed by shares of Bitfarms, which dropped 7.1%. Shares of Badger Infrastructure Solutions dropped 6.5%.
Maple Leaf Foods was the biggest gainer during the session, surging 8.7%, and Altus Group surged 5.9%. TerraVest Industries rounded out the top three movers on Tuesday, as shares gained 3.4%.
Stock indexes in the U.S. closed mixed with the Nasdaq Composite Index adding 0.1%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.1% to 100.01. Locally, the dollar was equivalent to CAD0.73, steady from the prior…
