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TSX drops as weak oil prices hit energy shares

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nada's main stock index fell on Friday in a broad retreat led by heavyweight energy and financial stocks as oil prices recorded their sixth straight weekly loss and North American jobs data highlighted Canada's relatively limp economy. Canadian employment data showed a small gain in June, but a loss of full-time positions, while US numbers were close enough to forecast to stoke bets the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, perhaps as early as September.
 
 
 
 
 

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