The Bay Street financial district is shown with a view of the CN Tower in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – North American stock markets edged down Tuesday to close what has been a rough February for investors.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 38.94 points at 20,221.19.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 232.39 points at 32,656.70. The S&P 500 index was down 12.09 points at 3,970.15, while the Nasdaq composite was down 11.44 points at 11,455.54.
The Canadian dollar also fell, trading for 73.48 cents US compared with 73.68 cents US on Monday.
The April crude contract was up US$1.37 at US$77.05 per barrel and the April natural gas contract was up one-and-a-half cents at US$2.75 per mmBTU.
The April gold contract was up US$11.80 at US$1,836.70 an ounce and the May copper contract was up eight cents at US$4.09 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 28, 2023.
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