It was another record-setting day for Canada’s main stock index on Monday. Gains were led by the energy and materials sectors as commodity prices rose, while investors awaited a policy announcement from the Bank of Canada later in the week. Telecom and utilities moved lower.
US stock indexes closed higher as investors prepare for earnings reports from heavyweight technology companies this week, while PayPal rose after saying it was not interested in buying Pinterest.
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The Canadian dollar traded for 80.85 cents US compared with 81.12 cents US on Friday.
Crude oil prices were down $0.22 to $83.54.
The price of gold was up 12.10 to $1,806.53.
In world markets, the Nikkei was down 204.44 points to 28,600.41, the Hang Seng was up 5.10 points to 26,132.03, the FTSE was up 18.27 points to 7,222.82, and the DAX was up 56.25 points to 15,599.23.
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