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Investing.com - Canadian equities started with losses on Wednesday. The top losers were Capped Real Estate, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology and Capped Utilities indices.

At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index dropped 0.02%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also down. The TSX Venture fell 0.81%, while the Smallcap was down by 0.26%.

Top Gainers:

• K92 Mining (TSX:KNT): Increased 14.10% or 1.22 points to 9.87.
• Calibre Mining (TSX:CXB): Rose 8.14% or 0.18 points to 2.39.
• Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX): Climbed 6.98% or 0.53 points to 8.12.

Top Losers:

• Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN): Fell 5.70% or 1.00 points to 16.53.
• Tilray (TSX:TLRY): Dropped 4.27% or 0.09 points to 2.02.
• Bombardier Inc (TSX:BBDb): Declined 4.19% or 4.210 points to 96.370.

In Commodities Trading:

• March Brent Oil Contract climbed by 0.18% or 0.14 points to 77.19 a barrel.
• Crude Oil for February delivery rose 0.19 points to 74.44 a barrel.
• Gold Futures for February delivery increased 15.01 points to 2,680.41 a troy ounce.

Currency Markets:

• USD/CAD rose to 1.4399.
• EUR/CAD is trading at 1.4832.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 108.970.

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic calendar for Canada is calm with only Thomson Reuters IPSOS PCSI in focus.

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