Canada’s TSX index banked another record high on Thursday lifted by financial, energy and utility stocks including BMO (4.2%), CIBC (4.4%), Advantage Energy (2.99%) and Capital Power (5.96%).
Meanwhile, in U.S. markets, investor uncertainty weighed on indexes in anticipation of new monthly employment data on Friday. Notable losses stemmed from Synopsys (12.4%) and UnitedHealthcare (5.2%), whose chief executive officer Brian Thompson was murdered in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
The Canadian dollar traded for 71.24 cents U.S. compared to 71.09 cents U.S. on Wednesday.
U.S. crude futures traded US$0.09 lower to US$68.45 per barrel, and the Brent contract added US$0.12 to US$72.21 per barrel.
The price of gold was down by US$22.10 to US$2,654.10 per ounce.
In world markets, the Nikkei was up by 119.21 points to 39,395.60, the Hang Seng was down by 182.02 points to 19,560.44, the FTSE was up by 13.57 points to 8,349.38, and the DAX was up by 126.66 points to 20,358.80.
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