Growth in commodity prices helped lift Canada’s main stock index to a monthly high in Wednesday trading. Mining and industrials led the gainers.
On the eve of the July 4 Independence Day holiday, U.S. markets ended with little change from the previous session where the S&P 500 closed above 5,500 for the first time.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.32 cents U.S. compared with 73.10 cents U.S. on Tuesday.
U.S. crude futures traded $0.60 higher at $83.41 a barrel, and the Brent contract rose $0.61 to $86.85 a barrel.
The price of gold was up US$27.12 to US$2,357.49.
In world markets, the Nikkei was up 506.07 points to 40,580.76, the Hang Seng was up 209.43 points to 17,978.57, the FTSE was up 49.92 points to 8,171.12, and the DAX was up 210.47 points to 18,374.53.
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