Investors shrugged off the third presidential impeachment in U.S. history to push North American stock markets to record territory on positive signals about the trade deal with China.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 32.06 points at 17,064.00.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 137.68 points at 28,376.96. The S&P 500 index was up 14.23 points at 3,205.37, while the Nasdaq composite was up 59.49 points at 8,887.22.

The Canadian dollar traded for US76.21¢ compared with an average of US76.23¢ on Wednesday.

The February crude contract was up US33¢ at US$61.18 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was down US1.3¢ at US$2.27 per mmBTU.

The February gold contract was up US$5.70 at US$1,484.40 an ounce and the March copper contract was up 1.4 cents at US$2.83 a pound.