Canada’s benchmark equity index finished higher on Thursday as oil prices eased from four‑year peaks and mining stocks advanced, while investors weighed corporate earnings alongside evolving developments in the Middle East.
US equities also rallied, with strong results from industrial heavyweight Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) (+9.44 per cent) lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average, even as worries over aggressive artificial‑intelligence spending pressured Meta (NASDAQ:META) (-8.64 per cent) and the NASDAQ Composite as a whole.
| TSX | 33,964.33 | +645.94 |  |
| TSXV | 994.87 | +12.35 | |
| CSE | 185.09 | +3.24 | |
| DJIA | 49,652.14 | +790.33 | |
| NASDAQ | 24,892.31 | +219.07 | |
| S&P 500 | 7,209.01 | +73.06 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.62 cents US compared to 73.11 cents US on Wednesday.
US crude futures traded US$1.85 lower at US$105.00 a barrel, and the Brent contract lost US$3.96 to US$114.10 a barrel.
The price of gold was up US$67.90 to US$4,615.66.
In world markets, the Nikkei was down 632.54 points to ¥59,284.92, the Hang Seng was down 335.31 points to HK$25,776.53, the FTSE was up 165.71 points to ₤10,378.82, and the DAX was up 337.82 points to €24,292.38.
