Strength in the energy sector helped push Canada’s main stock index to triple-digit gains as worries about a trade war between China and the United States eased.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 191.68 points at 15,356.05, led by energy and base metals.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 240.92 points at 24,505.22. The S&P 500 index ended up 18.15 points at 2,662.84 and the Nasdaq composite index was up 34.44 points at 7,076.55.
The Canadian dollar averaged 78.27 cents US, up 0.20 of a US cent.
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The May crude contract closed up 17 cents at US$63.54 and the May natural gas contract was down four cents to US$2.67 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was down US$11.70 to US$1,328.50 an ounce and the May copper contract was up six cents to US$3.07 a pound.