TMS: Canadian dollar, commodities down ahead of TSX opening
TORONTO — The Canadian dollar, major commodity prices and U.S. index futures were negative ahead of the open of trading at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The loonie traded at 78.46 cents US, down 0.32 of a U.S. cent from Monday close.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed Monday at 14,908.39, after rising 95.97 points through the session.
On the commodity markets, the May crude contract down $1.01 this morning at US47.67 a barrel, June bullion was down 90 cents at US$1,184.40 an ounce and May copper was down four cents at US$2.74 a pound ahead of the TSX open.
The Dow Jones industrial futures were down 101 points at 17,759, the Nasdaq futures were off 22.70 points at 4,349.80, and the S&P 500 futures declined 13.10 points to 2,062.50.
