Toronto stocks edged lower Tuesday, as losses in the financial and telecommunications sectors offset gains in the energy and utilities sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 17.09, or 0.17%, to close 9,830.90

Volume was 223 million shares.

Half of the 10 main TSX groups fell, with the heavily weighted financial sector losing 0.57% and the telecom sector losing 0.54%. Energy was up 0.39% and utilities gained 0.83%

The share prices of the six big chartered banks all fell, with Toronto-Dominion dropping farthest by percentage. It gave back 58¢, or 1.09%, to close at $52.60.

BCE Inc. dropped 16¢, or 0.55%, to close at $29.05, while Telus Corp. lost 18¢, or 0.41%, to close at $44.

In the energy sector, Shell Canada gained $2, or 2.09%, to close at $97.50.

The junior S&P/TSX Venture composite gained 1.67, or 0.10%, to close at 1,677.52.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.18 of a cent to US79.80¢ as Statistics Canada said the value of manufacturers’ shipments rose 0.9% to $50.2 billion in April, exceeding economists’ expectations.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average advanced 24.94, or 0.24%, to 10,547.50. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 2.02, or 0.1%, to 2,066.94, while the broader S&P 500 finished up 2.82, or 0.23%, to close at 1,203.64.

The U.S. Labor Department’s producer price index fell 0.6% in May, on the heels of gains of 0.6 per cent in April and 0.7 per cent in March. Retail sales, however, fell by 0.5% in May, after a strong gain of 1.5% in April.