By Adriano Marchese


Stocks in Toronto were modestly higher Friday, mid-trading. The gains were broad-based but led by manufacturing, industrial services and tech stocks. Only health tech stocks had any notable declines, though slight.

On the macroeconomic front, Canada's economy lost some momentum in the third quarter, slowing to a 1% growth rate, thanks to lower business investment and exports. Analysts think this tepid performance will likely leave room for the central bank to continue lowering interest rates to give a jolt to growth.

Canada's S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.4% to 25639.16 and the blue-chip S&P/TSX 60 advanced by 0.4% to 1538.76.


Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com


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11-29-24 1215ET