MW: Canada shares slip as manufacturing sales fall
By Myra P. Saefong
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Canadian stocks traded slightly lower Wednesday, pressured after Statistics Canada reported that manufacturing sales declined 0.8% in November, but the market found some support from strength in commodities markets. The S&P/TSX Composite Index (CA:$ISPTX 13,529, -30.28, -0.22%) was down 0.2% at 13,528 in recent dealings. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index was up 0.6% with shares of Iamgold Corp. (CA:IMG 18.05, +0.05, +0.28%) (IAG 18.23, +0.07, +0.39%) , while the S&P/TSX Capped Industrials Index slipped 0.3% with shares of Aecon Group Inc. (CA:ARE 10.30, -0.07, -0.68%) losing 0.5%. In currencies trading, the U.S. dollar bought 99.35 Canadian cents, compared with 99.12 Canadian cents late Tuesday in North American trading.
