The Toronto Stock Exchange and its American peers have fallen dramatically this morning, the first day of trading since North Korea announced Sunday that it had successfully conducted its most powerful nuclear test so far. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index fell 123.53 points to 15,068.07 in the first 90 minutes of trading since the Labour Day holiday weekend. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 167.43 points to 21,820.13. The S&P 500 index lost 12.26 points to 2,464.29 and the Nasdaq composite index gave back 33.32 points to 6,402.02. The Canadian dollar was trading at 81.04 cents U.S., up from Friday’s average price of 80.71 cents U.S.

Source: thestar September 05, 2017 15:45 UTC