Canada’s premier stock exchange, the TSX, moved higher Wednesday, tracking a growth among mining shares as precious metals prices increase, though a drop in oil prices capped gains. The tech sector was the lone decliner.
U.S. stocks rallied after three losing sessions on Wall Street that pulled the indices further from last week’s record levels.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.66 cents compared with 73.64 cents U.S. on Tuesday.
U.S. crude futures traded $0.09 lower at $81.53 a barrel, and the Brent contract lost $0.06 to $86.19 a barrel.
The price of gold was up US$12.46 to US$2,191.99.
In world markets, the Nikkei was up 364.70 points to 40,762.73, the Hang Seng was down 225.48 points to 16,392.84, the FTSE was down 1.84 point to 7,929.12, and the DAX was up 83.53 points to 18,467.88.
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