A person walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index, at a securities firm Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in Tokyo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP -Shuji Kajiyama
TORONTO – Strength in the energy sector helped Canada’s main stock index hold its ground Tuesday against losses in the financial industry, while U.S. markets were up, with the Nasdaq composite rising more than one per cent.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 3.76 points at 20,023.46.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 103.60 points at 34.108.64. The S&P 500 index was up 29.09 points at 4,019.65, while the Nasdaq composite was up 113.07 points at 11,256.81.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.82 cents UScompared with 73.22 cents US on Monday.
The January crude contract was up US$2.22 at US$75.39 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up 35 cents at US$6.94 per mmBTU.
The February gold contract was up US$33.20 at US$1,825.50 an ounce and the March copper contract was up four cents at US$3.84 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2022.
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