The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday while U.S. stock markets climbed steadily throughout the day to post gains of more than one per cent.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 110.17 points at 20,564.49.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 383.19 points at 34,029.69. The S&P 500 index was up 54.27 points at 4,146.22,while the Nasdaq composite was up 236.93 points at 12,166.27.
The Canadian dollar traded for 74.86 cents US compared with 74.37 cents US on Wednesday.
The May crude oil contract was down US$1.10 at US$82.16 per barreland the May natural gas contract was down nine cents at US$2.01 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was up US$30.40 at US$2,055.30 an ounceand the May copper contract was up four cents at US$4.12 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2023.
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