Canadian stocks went sideways on Friday as investors continued to monitor global trade developments and first-quarter corporate earnings results. After rising for three consecutive sessions, the S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped by 17 points for the day to settle at 24,711.
Despite continued buying in technology and utility stocks, weakness in some sectors, including industrials, mining, and healthcare, weighed on the TSX. Nevertheless, the market index still ended the week with a strong 2.1% gain — marking its third consecutive winning week.
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NovaGold Resources, Energy Fuels, TFI International, and WSP Global were the worst-performing TSX stocks, with each sliding by at least 4.3%.
Shares of Celestica (TSX:CLS) also fell more than 3% to $123.45 apiece after the company reported its first-quarter financial results. While Celestica delivered record quarterly revenue of $2.65 billion and…
