S&P/TSX composite up on first trading day of 2023, US markets slightly down

By The Canadian Press on January 3, 2023.

TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index ended the first day of the trading year up just 0.30 per cent, with losses in energy offset by gains in several other sectors, while U.S. markets were slightly down.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 58.85 points at 19,443.77.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 10.88 points at 33,136.37.The S&P 500 index was down 15.36 points at 3,824.14, while the Nasdaq composite was down 79.50 points at 10,386.99.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.22 cents UScompared with 73.83 cents US on Friday.

The February crude contract was down US$3.33 at US$76.93 per barrel and the February natural gas contract was down 49 cents at US$3.99 per mmBTU.

The February gold contract was up US$19.90 at US$1,846.10 an ounce and the March copper contract was down four cents at US$3.77 a pound.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 3, 2023.

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