After a selloff in the previous session, Canada’s main stock index ended lower on Friday as losses in healthcare and mining weighed on the TSX while tech was the lone gainer. The index was around 420 points lower by close than where it was when the week began.
The S&P 500 saw its first weekly decline in four weeks despite tech gains late in the game. The Dow Jones Industrial index extended its losing streak to seven days.
The Canadian dollar traded for 70.23 cents US compared to 70.37 cents US on Thursday.
US crude futures traded US$1.14 higher at US$71.25 a barrel, and the Brent contract rose $0.96 to US$74.37 a barrel.
The price of gold was down US$37.07 to US$2,648.30.
In world markets, the Nikkei was down 378.70 points to 39,470.44, the Hang Seng was down 425.81 points to 19,971.24, the FTSE was down 11.43 points to 8,300.33, and the DAX was down 20.35 points to 20,405.92.
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