The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index closed down more than 100 points Monday on broad-based weakness, while U.S. stock markets rose after a day of mixed trading.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 117.03 points at 20,290.54.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 26.23 points at 35,307.63. The S&P 500 index was up 25.67 points at 4,489.72,while the Nasdaq composite was up 143.48 points at 13,788.33.
The Canadian dollar traded for 74.29 cents US compared with 74.39 cents US on Friday.
The September crude contract was down 68 cents at US$82.51 per barreland the September natural gas contract was up three cents at US$2.80 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$2.60 at US$1,944 an ounceand the September copper contract was up a penny at US$3.73 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 14, 2023.
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