The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than 200 points Tuesday with broad-based losses led by energy, while U.S. markets also fell.
The S&P/TSX composite index was down 236.87 points at 20,439.87.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 344.57 points at 33,530.83.The S&P 500 index was down 65.41 points at 4,071.63,while the Nasdaq composite was down 238.04 points, or almost two per cent, at 11,799.16.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.41 cents UScompared with 73.84 cents US on Monday.
The June crude contract was down US$1.69 at US$77.07 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was down three cents at US$2.44 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was up US$4.70 at US$2,004.50 an ounceand the July copper contract was down 10 cents at US$3.87 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2023.
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