The Bay Street financial district is shown with a Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – Strength in technology and industrial stocks helped Canada’s main stock index creep higher on Friday, while U.S. stock markets rose slightly on the final day of trading for the week.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.46 points at 20,693.15.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 22.34 points at 33,808.96. The S&P 500 index was up 3.73 points at 4,133.52, while the Nasdaq composite was up 12.90 points at 12,072.46.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.85 cents US, according to XE.com, compared with 74.24 cents US on Thursday.
The June crude contract was up 50 cents at US$77.87 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was down two cents at US$2.41 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was down US$28.60 at US$1,990.50 an ounce and the May copper contract was down five cents at US$3.98 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 21, 2023.
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