Futures for Canada’s main stock index slid south on Monday, led lower by financial and mining declines, while investors awaited the Bank of Canada’s rate-setting decision set for later in the week. The tech sector was the only market to see gains.
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US markets also fell into the red, coming off a major rally at the end of last week following a solid May jobs report. Traders took those numbers to mean a recession might not be in the economy’s future. Once the debt ceiling bill was passed, this sentiment was solidified … for now.
| TSX | 19,931.62 | -93.01 |  |
| TSXV | 609.89 | +0.81 |  |
| CSE | 157.98 | -1.80 | |
| DJIA | 33,562.86 | -199.90 | |
| NASDAQ | 13,229.43 | -11.34 | |
| S&P 500 | 4,276.51 | -5.86 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for 74.43 cents US, compared to 74.46 cents US on Friday.
US crude futures traded $0.50 higher at $72.24 a barrel, and the Brent contract added $0.65 to $76.78 a barrel.
The price of gold was down US$12.74 to US$ 1,962.06.
In world markets, the Nikkei was up 693.21 points to 32,217.43, the Hang Seng was up 158.56 points to 19,108.50, the FTSE was down 7.29 points to 7,599.99, and the DAX was down 87.34 points to 15,963.89.
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