TSX Venture and CSE composites fall while main index gains on energy

Updated Oct 8, 2026 4:31pm ET

Markets

The S&P/TSX Composite closed up 103.52 points at 35,145.38, with market reports pointing to strength in the energy sector. Oil traded at US$90.69 in late-afternoon trading, up 2.73%, as reports of Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz kept supply worries in play. Gold was at US$4,159.4 in late-afternoon trading, up 0.45%. The Canadian dollar stood at 0.70330 against the U.S. dollar in late-afternoon trading, up 0.27%. Statistics Canada put July retail sales at $77.8 billion, up 5.0% from a year earlier.

Venture & CSE

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite closed down 9.41 points at 867.76, and the CSE Composite fell 2.17 to 149.00. Epic Gold (CSE: EPG) reported an initial inferred resource of 440,400 ounces of gold at its McKinnon deposit in Ontario, at 0.98 g/t gold across 14.0 million tonnes. Financings continued: Kirkland Lake Discoveries (TSXV: KLDC) said it raised $20 million in an upsized financing, and Westward Gold (CSE: WG) said it closed an $8.2 million non-brokered private placement for Nevada exploration. Altamira Gold (TSXV: ALTA) reported 134 metres of 0.5 g/t gold from drilling at its Maria Bonita system in Brazil. Silver was at US$59.470 in late-afternoon trading, down 1.37%. Statistics Canada said critical mineral production contributed $26.3 billion to the Canadian economy in 2024, roughly a 0.9% share of GDP.

Market data

Closing index levels; commodities and currencies are late-afternoon trading, not settlements.

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