TORONTO _ The Canadian dollar was down ahead of trading Tuesday morning on North American stock markets.
The loonie traded at 76.17 cents US, down 0.28 of a U.S. cents from the Friday close before a Canadian holiday weekend.
The Dow Jones industrial futures were down 17 points at 17,494.0, the Nasdaq futures advanced 10.4 points to 4,562.5, and the S&P 500 futures fell 2.8 points to 2,088.1.
On the commodity markets, the December gold contract was US$1,093.30 an ounce, up $3.90 from Monday but down $1.80 from Friday, the September crude contract was at US$46.09 a barrel, up 92 cents from Monday but down $1.03 from Friday, and the contract for natural gas was up five cents from Monday at US$2.80.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed Friday at 14,468.44, after rising 85.66 points.