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Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Monday. The top gainers were Capped Energy, Capped Information Technology and Capped Consumer Discretionary indices; while Capped Consumer Staples, Capped Real Estate and Capped Utilities were the top falling indices.

At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index climbed 0.25%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also up. The TSX Venture rose 0.09%, while the Smallcap was up by 0.51%.

Top Gainers:

• BlackBerry (TSX:BB): Increased 9.18% or 0.49 points to 5.83.
• EQB Inc (TSX:EQB): Climbed 5.54% or 5.49 points to 104.56.
• Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN): Rose 3.50% or 0.61 points to 18.03.

Top Losers:

• Novagold (TSX:NG): Fell 3.65% or 0.18 points to 4.75.
• Torex Gold (TSX:TXG): Dropped 2.31% or 0.66 points to 27.96.
• Aya Gold & Silver (TSX:AYA): Declined 2.33% or 0.260 points to 10.900.

In Commodities Trading:

• March Brent Oil Contract climbed by 1.05% or 0.80 points to 77.31 a barrel.
• Crude Oil for February delivery rose 0.85 points to 74.81 a barrel.
• Gold Futures for February delivery dropped 8.24 points to 2,646.46 a troy ounce.

Currency Markets:

• USD/CAD declined to 1.4325 at the market opening.
• EUR/CAD is trading at 1.4893.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 108.000.

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic calendar for Canada is calm today with only Reserve Assets Total (EPA:TTEF) numbers and CFTC CAD speculative net positions being released.

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