Toronto stocks flat ahead of Nvidia quarterly results
TSX muted
Royal Bank of Canada beat profit estimates, shares rise
Materials lead the losses, while financials lead gains
Nvidia results expected later in the day
Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET/ 1415 GMT
By Nikhil Sharma
Aug 28 (Reuters) -Canada's main stock index was slightly down on Wednesday as gains in financial stocks from upbeat domestic lender earnings were countered by losses in mining shares, with investors focused on Nvidia's quarterly results.
At 10:15 a.m. ET (14:15 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 23.92 points, or 0.05%, at 23,236.04.
Investors are closely watching the quarterly earnings of chipmaker Nvidia NVDA.O due later today, as the AI darling is widely expected to deliver blockbuster results; however, even a slight miss could impact other megacaps and semiconductor stocks.
Among domestic earnings, shares of the Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO rose 2.6% after the country's biggest lender's quarterly profit beat estimates as it set aside smaller-than-expected funds for bad loans.
Separately, the National Bank of Canada's NA.TO rose 5% after it reported a bigger third-quarter profit.
"The big focus on all of the banks reporting right now is how much are they providing provisions for credit losses going forward," said Michael Sprung, president at Sprung Investment Management.
Banking stocks propped up the financials sector .SPTTFS, which has a 29% weighting on the domestic index, logging 0.6% gains.
It was joined by capped communications .GSPTTTS and consumer staples .GSPTTCS sectors that gained 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively.
Leading the sectoral losses was the materials sector .GSPTTMT that declined 1.8%, as gold prices fell against a stronger dollar, while copper prices also slipped. GOL/ MET/L
The information technology sector .SPTTTK dropped 0.8%, pulled down by a 12% fall in Canadian software firm Kinaxis KXS.TO, after it announced its CEO, John Sicard, will retire from his role.
Going ahead, the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditure report due on Friday, could give investors more clues on the pace and magnitude of imminent rate cuts.
The odds of 25-basis-point rate cut in the September policy meeting by the U.S. central bank stand at 65.5%, while the odds for the hefty 50 bps cut are at 34.5%. 0#FEDWATCH
Reporting by Nikhil Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore
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