The TSX Index added 58 basis points to cap off Tuesday trading, touching an intra-day high, lifted by industrial, technology and mining stocks, with investors rotating into gold to hedge against the potential fallout from the US arrest of Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, on Saturday.
Down South, US markets also continued to deliver record highs, with the Dow and the S&P 500 reaching new peaks, supported by positive showings from Amazon, Uber, Hecla Mining, Palantir and Micron Technology.
| TSX | 32,407.20 | +187.07 |  |
| TSXV | 1,033.94 | +13.25 | |
| CSE | 173.84 | +1.98 | |
| DJIA | 49,462.08 | +484.90 | |
| NASDAQ | 23,547.17 | +151.35 | |
| S&P 500 | 6,944.82 | +42.77 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for US$0.7236, down from US$0.7260 on Monday.
US crude futures traded US$1.32 lower to US$57 per barrel, while the Brent contract traded US$0.12 lower to US$60.58 per barrel.
The price of gold was up by US$55 to US$4,506.50 per ounce.
In world markets, the Nikkei added 685.28 points to 52,518.08, the Hang Seng added 363.21 points to 26,710.45, the FTSE added 118.16 points to 10,122.73, and the DAX was up by 23.51 points to 24,892.20.
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