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The TSX hit a record high on Tuesday, led by tech gains in tech. The materials sector led the losers as gold and copper prices fell to a two-month low in the face of a weaker dollar. The energy market also dropped as oil prices moved lower while traders await an incoming report from OPEC.

The postelection rally that brought the major American indices to all-time highs took a wide step back as Wall Street stocks logged steep declines.

TSX24,923.01+133.73TSX
TSXV597.70-3.69TSXV
CSE141.66+9.32CSE
DJIA43,910.98-382.15DJIA
NASDAQ19,281.40-17.36NASDAQ
S&P 5005,986.68-14.67S&P 500

The Canadian dollar traded for 71.72 cents US compared to 71.79 cents US on Monday.

US crude futures traded $0.03 lower at US$68.01 a barrel, and the Brent contract lost $0.03 to US$71.80 a barrel.

The price of gold was down US$10.61 to US$2,600.63.

In world markets, the Nikkei was down 157.23 points to 39,376.09, the Hang Seng was down 580.05 points to 19,846.88, the FTSE was down 104.12 points to 8,021.07, and the DAX was down 401.04 points to 19,047.56.


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