TSX edges lower, energy weighs

FILE PHOTO: A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - * The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX fell 10.99 points, or 0.07 percent, to 16,133.80. * The biggest contributor to the TSX loss was Royal Bank of Canada which fell 0.6 percent, or 6.56 index points. Energy was the top sector drag, weighing by 23.18 points. * Leading the index were Alamos Gold Inc , up 5 percent, Eldorado Gold Corp , up 5 percent, and ECN Capital Corp , higher by 4.1 percent. * Lagging shares were Ivanhoe Mines Ltd , down 4.6 percent, Teck Resources Ltd, down 4.1 percent, and Lundin Mining Corp, lower by 4 percent. * On the TSX 137 issues advanced and 106 declined as a 1.3-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 7 new highs and 1 new lows, with total volume of 194.6 million shares. * The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc , Baytex Energy Corp and Canopy Growth Corp. * West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 0.61 percent, or $0.44, to $71.76 a barrel. Brent crude rose 0.13 percent, or $0.10, to $79.67 [O/R] * The TSX is off 0.5 percent for the year. (Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf)