S&P/TSX composite closes lower, U.S. stock markets mixed
Written by The Canadian Press on October 24, 2024
TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed lower Thursday as mining and telecom stocks weighed, while U.S. stocks were mixed.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 22.07 points at 24,551.55.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 140.59 points at 42,374.36. The S&P 500 index was up 12.44 points at 5,809.86, while the Nasdaq composite was up 138.83 points at 18,415.49.
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.23 cents US compared with 72.24 cents US on Wednesday.
The December crude oil contract was down 58 cents at US$70.19 per barrel and the December natural gas contract was up 12 cents at US$3.02 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was up US$19.50 at US$2,748.90 an ounce and the December copper contract up a penny at US$4.35 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.
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