By Adriano Marchese


Canadian stocks were moderately high mid-trading on Monday. Wildfires in Alberta are still a top story in Canadian headlines, with 90 fires being tracked across the province, and 23 fires considered to be out of control. Alberta-based energy companies Pipestone Energy and Vermillion Energy both issued production cut warnings again as the fires raged across the prairie province. In the session, consumer services and tech were among the top gainers, while health services and consumer durables led the declines.

Canada's S&P/TSX Composite Index stepped 0.35% higher to 20490.44. The blue-chip S&P/TSX 60 was 0.31% up at 1237.02.

Centerra Gold shares were down 14% to 7.73 Canadian dollars after the Canadian copper-gold mining company said it swung to a first-quarter loss on the back of a drop in sales volumes and a rise in costs. Centerra Gold recorded a loss of $73.5 million, or 34 cents a share, compared with year-earlier earnings of $89.4 million, or 30 cents a share.


Other market movers:

LifeSpeak shares jumped nearly 27% to C$0.50 after the Canadian web-based well-being company reported first-quarter loss and revenue that were narrower than expectations forecast by Wall Street analysts.


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


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05-15-23 1216ET