TORONTO – Strength in the price of gold helped lift Canada’s main stock index as U.S. markets also closed higher.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 91.59 points at 26,615.75.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 101.85 points at 42,967.62. The S&P 500 index was up 23.02 points at 6,045.26, while the Nasdaq composite was up 46.61 points at 19,662.48.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.46 cents US compared with 73.18 cents US on Wednesday.
The July crude oil contract was down 11 cents US at US$68.04 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was down two cents US at US$3.49 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up US$58.70 at US$3,402.40 an ounce and the July copper contract was up three cents US at US$4.84 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 12, 2025.
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