The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – North American stock markets continued their winning streak Monday, as investors’ growing confidence that former U.S. President Donald Trump may be heading back to the White House translated to fresh gains.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 78.16 points at 22,751.68.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 210.82 points at 40,211.72. The S&P 500 index was up 15.87 points at 5,631.22, while the Nasdaq composite was up 74.12 points at 18,472.57.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.19 cents US compared with 73.38 cents US on Friday.
The August crude oil contract was down 30 cents at US$81.91 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was down 17 cents at US$2.16 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up US$8.20 at US$2,428.90 an ounce and the September copper contract was down seven cents at US$4.53 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2024.
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