India, April 25 -- After moving sharply higher over the past few sessions, Canadian stocks gave back some ground during trading on Friday.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index saw some volatility as the day progressed but largely maintained a negative bias before closing down 17.02 points or 0.1 percent at 24,710.51.
The modest pullback by the S&P/TSX Composite Index came after it ended Thursday's session at its best closing level since the day U.S. President Donald Trump initially announced his "reciprocal tariff" plans.
Profit taking may have contributed to the pullback on Bay Street, while some negative sentiment may also been generated by a Statistics Canada report showing Canadian retail sales fell by 0.4 percent in February amid a...