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Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Thursday. The top gainers were Capped Information Technology, Capped Financial and Capped Materials indices. The top losers were Capped Energy, Capped REIT and Capped Real Estate indices.

At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index climbed 0.20%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also up. The TSX Venture rose 0.21%, while the Smallcap was slightly up by 0.05%.

Top Gainers:

• Celestica Inc (TSX:CLS).: Climbed 4.63% or 7.12 points to 160.98.
• MAG Silver (TSX:MAG): Increased 4.00% or 0.86 points to 22.34.
• IAMGold (TSX:IMG): Rose 3.27% or 0.25 points to 7.90.

Top Losers:

• First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM): Declined 2.00% or 0.39 points to 19.08.
• Air Canada (TSX:AC): Fell 1.55% or 0.32 points to 20.30.
• Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV): Dropped 1.53% or 0.155 points to 9.975.

In Commodities Trading:

• March Brent Oil Contract dropped by 0.37% or 0.30 points to 81.73 a barrel.
• Crude Oil for February delivery fell 0.38 points to 78.33 a barrel.
• Gold Futures for February delivery rose 30.56 points to 2,648.36 a troy ounce.

Currency Markets:

• USD/CAD is stable at 1.4391.
• EUR/CAD is trading at 1.4794.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 109.055.

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic calendar for Canada has BoC Deputy Governor Tony Gravelle’s speeches and the housing starts data for December in focus.

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