The TSX Index added 1.05 per cent to close the Monday trading session, lifted by financial, healthcare, mining and technology stocks.
US markets also closed higher – with the Dow Jones Index reaching a record high – lifted by investors’ lofty expectations about the US benefitting from the redevelopment of Venezuela following the Trump administration’s arrest of president Nicolas Maduro and his wife on Saturday.
| TSX | 32,219.95 | +336.58 |  |
| TSXV | 1,020.69 | +27.78 | |
| CSE | 171.86 | -0.64 |  |
| DJIA | 48,977.18 | +594.79 | |
| NASDAQ | 23,395.82 | +160.19 | |
| S&P 500 | 6,902.05 | +43.58 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for US$0.7260, down from US$0.7313 in our Christmas Eve report.
US crude futures traded US$1.05 higher to US$58.37 per barrel, while the Brent contract traded US$0.07 higher to US$61.83 per barrel.
The price of gold was up by US$126.90 to US$4,456.50 per ounce.
In world markets, the Nikkei added 1,493.32 points to 51,832.80, the Hang Seng added 8.77 points to 26,347.24, the FTSE added 53.43 points to 10,004.57, and the DAX was up by 329.35 points to 24,868.69.
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