Canada’s main stock index fell again as it continued to bob up and down on investor angst about the global economy and the outcome of Brexit.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 22.63 points to 16,132.53.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 32.14 points at 25,625.59. The S&P 500 index was down 13.09 points at 2,805.37, while the Nasdaq composite was down 48.15 points at 7,643.38.

The Canadian dollar traded at an average of US74.55¢ compared with an average of US74.70¢ on Tuesday.

The May crude contract was down 53¢ at US$59.41 per barrel and the May natural gas contract was down 3.2¢ at US$2.72 per mmBTU.

The April gold contract was down US$4.60 at US$1,310.40 an ounce and the May copper contract was up 0.9 of a cent at US$2.86 a pound.