North American stock markets are sending mixed signals this morning, with some major indexes up and others down. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index fell a moderate 40.03 points at 15,401.33 after two hours of trading. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was also down, declining 23.02 points to 19,803.75. However, the S&P 500 was up a marginal 1.34 point at 2,269.23 and the Nasdaq composite gained 5.74 points to 5,544.47. The February crude contract lost $1.04 to $51.44 (U.S.) per barrel and February natural gas was down seven cents at $3.35 per mmBTU.

Source: thestar January 18, 2017 17:00 UTC