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Investing.com - Canadian equities started mixed on Wednesday. The top gainers were Capped Materials, Capped Industrials and Capped REIT indices; while the top losers were Capped Energy, Capped Financial and Capped Communication Services.

At the market open in Toronto, the TSX Composite Index climbed 0.24%. The TSX Venture and the TSX Smallcap were also up. The TSX Venture rose 0.39%, while the Smallcap was up by 0.68%.

Top Gainers:

• SSR Mining (TSX:SSRM): Rose 11.01% or 1.29 points to 13.01.
• Finning International (TSX:FTT): Increased 7.85% or 2.87 points to 39.41.
• Tilray (TSX:TLRY): Climbed 8.28% or 0.12 points to 1.57.

Top Losers:

• Air Canada (TSX:AC): Fell 2.47% or 0.46 points to 18.19.
• MDA Ltd (TSX:MDA): Dropped 2.29% or 0.54 points to 23.06.
• FirstService (TSX:FSV): Declined 2.46% or 6.41 points to 254.16.

In Commodities Trading:

• April Brent Oil Contract dropped by 1.15% or 0.88 points to 75.32 a barrel.
• Crude Oil for March delivery fell 0.62 points to 72.08 a barrel.
• Gold Futures for April delivery climbed 17.41 points to 2,893,21 a troy ounce.

Currency Markets:

• USD/CAD is trading at 1.4282.
• EUR/CAD is at 1.4881.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 107.370.

Economic Calendar Events

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