Ending the week highlighted by a five-session win streak, Canada’s main stock index extended its losses to a second day on Friday. However, the TSX scored its first weekly gain in four, as energy and materials stocks soared on higher commodity prices. Most other sectors ended lower, with tech leading the losers.
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U.S. markets were split as traders assess the first batch of major earnings and rising inflation expectations.
| TSX | 19,462.86 | -37.88 |  |
| TSXV | 529.13 | +0.26 |  |
| CSE | 173.93 | +1.35 | |
| DJIA | 33,670.29 | +39.15 | |
| NASDAQ | 13,407.23 | −166.98 | |
| S&P 500 | 4,327.78 | −21.83 | |
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.20 cents U.S., compared to 73.04 cents U.S. on Thursday.
U.S. crude futures traded $4.80 higher at $87.71 a barrel, but the Brent contract added $4.94 to $90.394 a barrel.
The price of gold was up US$57.66 to US$1,928.53.
In world markets, the Nikkei was down 178.67 points to 32,315.99, the Hang Seng was down 424.76 points to 17,813.45, the FTSE was down 45.18 points to 7,599.60, and the DAX was down 238.37 points to 15,186.66.
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