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Traders look to heavy slate of earnings news from Canadian miners this week
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – The focus of the Toronto stock market will again be on earnings news this week after positive corporate data pushed the TSX above the 14,000-mark last week for the first time in almost three years.
Traders will take in a slate of earnings from the resource sector with base metal miners HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM), Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN) and Sherritt International (TSX:S) delivering results. Gold miners Iamgold (TSX:IMG) and Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI) also post results.
The gold sector was the major advancer last week, up about 12 per cent and contributing largely to a gain of almost two per cent on the TSX even as Goldcorp (TSX:G) missed earnings estimates and Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) delivered a huge quarterly loss.
Both companies also slashed their estimated reserves in a response to lower gold prices that have prompted a reassessment of the worth of their assets. That second look at asset value comes at a time when investors have different expectations for precious metal miners…
Traders will take in a slate of earnings from the resource sector with base metal miners HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM), Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN) and Sherritt International (TSX:S) delivering results. Gold miners Iamgold (TSX:IMG) and Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI) also post results.
The gold sector was the major advancer last week, up about 12 per cent and contributing largely to a gain of almost two per cent on the TSX even as Goldcorp (TSX:G) missed earnings estimates and Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) delivered a huge quarterly loss.
Both companies also slashed their estimated reserves in a response to lower gold prices that have prompted a reassessment of the worth of their assets. That second look at asset value comes at a time when investors have different expectations for precious metal miners…
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