Energy and health care weigh on Toronto stock market, U.S. stocks higher

The Canadian Press</span>
Published Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:11AM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, September 13, 2018 11:43AM EDT

TORONTO - Weakness in the energy stocks and the health care sector, which includes some of the big names in the marijuana business, weighed on Canada's biggest stock index in late-morning trading.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 25.95 points at 16,023.07.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 80.62 points at 26,079.54. The S&P 500 index was up 9.17 points at 2,898.09, while the Nasdaq composite was up 46.82 points at 8,001.05.

The Canadian dollar traded higher at 76.88 cents US compared with an average of 76.84 cents US on Wednesday.

The October crude contract was down US$1.78 at US$68.59 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was up 1.3 cents at US$2.842 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was down $1.60 at US$1,209.30 an ounce and the December copper contract was up 1.85 cents at US$2.6945 a pound.

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