The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index closed up 10.25 points at 16,108.06, led by mining stocks. Commodity stocks helped Canada's main stock index swing to a slight gain Wednesday after the market opened lower, while U.S. markets closed higher. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average ended up 62.52 points at 24,768.93. The S&P 500 index closed up 11.01 points at 2,722.46 and the Nasdaq composite index ended up 46.67 points at 7,398.30. The June crude contract closed up 18 cents at $71.49 (U.S.) per barrel and the June natural gas contract ended down two cents at $2.82 per mmBTU.

Source: thestar May 16, 2018 15:22 UTC