Technology and base metal stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite, U.S. markets also up
Strength in the technology and base metal sectors helped Canada’s main stock index gain more than 100 points in late-morning trading, while U.S.composite index was up 117.83 points at 19,891.91.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 248.37 points at 33,013.02. The S&P 500 index was up 39.50 points at 4,190.78, while the Nasdaq composite was up 206.48 points at 12,904.57.The July crude contract was up 62 cents at US$72.45 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was down nine cents at US$2.39 per mmBTU.
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