Canada’s main stock market is making headway this morning, with energy, financial and mining shares leading the way up. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 37.40 points to 15,170.53, after 90 minutes of trading. The S&P 500 index edged up 9.02 points to 2,466.61 and the Nasdaq composite index gained 33.53 points to 6,401.83. The Canadian dollar was trading at 79.80 cents U.S., up from Wednesday’s average price of 79.33 cents U.S. The October crude contract advanced $1.22 to $47.18 (U.S.) per barrel and the October natural gas contract was up one cent to $2.95 per mmBTU.

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 15:33 UTC