The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on November 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index closed at its lowest point since October last year as part of a pullback that saw sharper drops in U.S. markets.
The S&P/TSX composite index ended down 156.26 points at 19,020.92.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 430.97 points at 33,002.38. The S&P 500 index was down 58.94 points at 4,229.45, while the Nasdaq composite was down 248.31 points at 13,059.47.
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.93 cents US compared with 73.96 cents US on Friday.
The November crude contract was up 41 cents at US$89.23 per barrel and the November natural gas contract was up 11 cents at US$2.95 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract ended down US$5.70 at US$1,841.50 an ounce and the December copper contract was down two cents at US$3.62 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2023.
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