Canada’s main stock index advances in broad-based advance; dollar edges up
TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up substantially Friday morning in a broad-based advance.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 153.13 points at 15,849.11 after 90 minutes of trading.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 335.63 points at 25,775.02. The S&P 500 index was up 22.9 points at 2,768.63, while the Nasdaq composite was up 35.93 points at 7,462.88.
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The Canadian dollar traded 75.28 cents US, up compared with an average of 75.20 cents US on Thursday.
The April crude contract was up 83 cents at US$55.62 per barrel and the March natural gas contract was up 1.6 cents at US$2.59 per mmBTU.
The April gold contract was up US$3.60 at US$1,317.50 an ounce and the March copper contract was up one cent at US$2.78 a pound.
Index and currency in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD)
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The Canadian Press