India, Feb. 27 -- Canadian stocks are turning in a mixed performance on Thursday with investors reacting to quarterly earnings updates, and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.

The U.S. President threatened to slap 25% tariff on imports from the European Union.

Trump also indicated that the effective date of the levies on imports from Mexico and Canada could be pushed back from March 4th to April 2nd, the same day he purportedly plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on other U.S. trade partners.

Energy, healthcare and technology stocks are among the notable gainers. Materials shares are weak, while real estate, financials, consumer discretionary and industrials stocks are mixed.

The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 94....