The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
TORONTO – Gains in energy stocks helped buoy Canada’s main stock index Tuesday, while U.S. markets also rose.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 56.11 points at 19,878.56.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 317.02 points at 34,261.42. The S&P 500 index was up 29.73 points at 4,439.26,while the Nasdaq composite was up 75.22 points at 13,760.70.
The Canadian dollar traded for 75.41 cents US compared with 75.28 cents US on Monday.
The August crude contract was up US$1.84 at US$74.83 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was up six cents at US$2.73 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up US$6.10 at US$1,936.00 an ounce and the September copper contract was down two cents at US$3.77 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2023.
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