TSX drops as gold miners and financials fall

Wed Oct 21, 4:13 PM
TORONTO (Reuters) - The TSX slid hard late in the day on Wednesday as profit-taking hit gold-mining shares despite higher gold prices and bank and insurance shares also weakened.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The TSX slid hard late in the day on Wednesday as profit-taking hit gold-mining shares despite higher gold prices and bank and insurance shares also weakened.

The S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed 100.52 points, or 0.87 percent, lower at 11,437.60.

(Reporting by Ka Yan Ng; editing by Peter Galloway)