Canada’s main stock index fell on Tuesday as commodity prices slipped. Industrials, telecom, and energy provided the only growth. Traders assessed manufacturing data from Canada and the US for clues that would support bets for an end to interest rate hikes.
US stock futures were divided while corporate earnings reports continued to roll in. Economic indicators, including job openings and labour turnover from June, and the July manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, were all on the docket.
Today in the Markets
| TSX | 20,532.93 | -93.71 |  |
| TSXV | 622.68 | -4.84 | |
| CSE | 156.84 | -1.20 | |
| DJIA | 35,630.68 | +71.15 |  |
| NASDAQ | 14,283.91 | -62.11 | |
| S&P 500 | 4,580.15 | -8.81 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for 75.24 cents US, compared to 75.91 cents US on Monday.
US crude futures traded $0.33 lower at $81.47 a barrel, and the Brent contract lost $0.41 to $85.02 a barrel.
The price of gold was up US$18.93 to US$1,945.14.
In world markets, the Nikkei was up 304.36 points to 33,476.58, the Hang Seng was down 67.82 points to 20,011.12, the FTSE was down 33.14 points to 7,666.27, and the DAX was down 206.43 points to 16,240.40.
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