Canada’s main stock index got a small lift on gains in the technology, industrials and materials sectors.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 33.39 points at 16,369.32.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.42 points at 26,805.53. The S&P 500 index was up 5.77 points at 3,010.29, while the Nasdaq composite was up 66.00 points at 8,185.80.

The Canadian dollar traded for an average of US76.48¢, compared with an average of US76.42¢ on Wednesday.

The December crude contract was up US26¢ at US$56.23 per barrel and the December natural gas contract was up US3.8¢ at US$2.46 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was up US$9.00 at US$1,504.70 an ounce and the December copper contract was down 0.35 of a cent at US$2.67 a pound.