The Bay Street Financial District is shown in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index moved lower Thursday on broad-based weakness a day after the central bank chose to hold its key interest rate, while U.S. markets were mixed.
The S&P/TSX composite index was down 94.88 points at 20,132.08.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 57.54 points at 34,500.73. The S&P 500 index was down 14.34 points at 4,451.14,while the Nasdaq composite was down 123.64 points at 13,748.83.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.13 cents UScompared with 73.24 cents US on Wednesday.
The October crude contract was down 67 cents at US$86.87 per barreland the October natural gas contract was up seven cents at US$2.58 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$1.70 at US$1,942.50 an ounceand the December copper contract was down two cents at US$3.76 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 7, 2023.
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