TSX down slightly, Canadian dollar up in late morning trading

The Canadian Press</span>
Published Tuesday, June 6, 2017 12:43AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, June 6, 2017 11:29AM EDT

TORONTO - 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 US, up from Monday's average price of 74.17 cents US.

The July crude contract was down 24 cents at US$47.16 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was up five cents at US$3.03 per mmBTU.

The August gold contract was up $14.10 to US$1,296.80 an ounce and the July copper contract was unchanged at US$2.56 a pound.

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