India, July 31 -- Canadian stocks fell on Thursday as investors did not receive any breakthrough news they were anticipating from the ongoing US-Canada trade negotiations even as the August 1 deadline for avoiding US tariffs ends in a few hours.
After opening higher than yesterday's close, the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index moved higher up to an hour reaching an intra-day high of 27,481.07.
Losing momentum, it slipped to negative territory, and after failing to move up closed at 27,259.78, down by 110.18 (or 0.40%).
The focus of the entire world is fixated on August 1 as the crucial deadline set by the US suspending "reciprocal tariffs" to facilitate trade negotiations ends tomorrow.
Among major US trading partners the UK, Vietnam, J...