A street sign along Bay Street in Toronto's financial district is shown on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – Strength in energy stocks helped lead the way higher for Canada’s main stock index Friday, while markets in the U.S. were muted.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 122.70 points at 20,175.77.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.81 points at 34,947.28. The S&P 500 index was up 5.78 points at 4,514.02, while the Nasdaq composite was up 11.81 points at 14,125.48.
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.88 cents US compared with 72.73 cents US on Thursday.
The January crude contract was up US$2.95 at US$76.04 per barrel and the December natural gas contract was down 10 cents at US$2.96 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$2.60 at US$1,984.70 an ounce and the December copper contract was up four cents at US$3.74 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 17, 2023.
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