The gold and materials sectors helped push Canada’s main stock index into the red Tuesday, while U.S. markets bounced back after posting big losses Monday. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 32.69 points at 15,180.76, with financials and health care sectors also down. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 389.17 points at 24,033.36. The S&P 500 index was up 32.57 points at 2,614.45 and the Nasdaq composite index was up 71.16 points at 6,941.28. The May crude contract closed up 50 cents at $63.51 per barrel and the May natural gas contract was up one cent at $2.69 per mmBTU.

Source: thestar April 03, 2018 15:52 UTC