The main Toronto stock index has been bobbing around the break-even point today. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 9.87 points to 15,399.91 after 90 minutes of trading. Gold companies provided some lift to the index but that was offset by weakness in other sectors, including financial stocks. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 25.31 points to 21,158.73, the S&P 500 index shed 4.01 points to 2,432.09 and the Nasdaq composite index was down 0.81 of a point to 6,294.88. The Canadian dollar was trading at 74.27 cents U.S., up from Monday’s average price of 74.17 cents U.S.

Source: thestar June 06, 2017 16:01 UTC