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Composite Index: Service

service: The S P/TSX composite index closed up 59 points to 13,831.58, weighed down in part by Bombardier after the transport giant said that its flagship new airliner will be going into service later than expected, according to The Star. The aircraft builder said that the CS100 wont be going into service until the second half of 2015, while the larger CS300 will go into service about six months later. The first CSeries planes were previously expected to be ready for service late this year or early in 2015 and The Toronto stock market racked up a solid advance Thursday, due in large part to a jump in the mining sector. Bombardier shares plunged 35 cents or 7.74 per cent to $4.17 after the company announced the delay concerning its new CSeries aircraft. Volume was very heavy at 35.7 million shares, about seven times the issues daily average of about five million. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.