Financial and tech stocks help lift Canada’s main stock index, energy down as oil falls

TORONTO –

Strength within the monetary and expertise sectors helped lead Canada’s primary inventory index increased in late-morning buying and selling regardless of weak spot in power shares as the worth of oil fell.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 91.66 factors at 19,535.43.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial common was up 68.89 factors at 33,205.26. The S&P 500 index was up 22.65 factors at 3,846.79, whereas the Nasdaq composite was up 49.36 factors at 10,436.35.

The Canadian greenback traded for 74.04 cents US in contrast with 73.22 cents US on Tuesday.

The February crude contract was down US$3.33 at US$73.60 per barrel and the February pure gasoline contract was up seven cents at US$4.05 per mmBTU.

The February gold contract was up US$18.80 at US$1,864.90 an oz. and the March copper contract was down 4 cents at US$3.73 a pound.