Canada’s main stock index saw all of this year’s gains wiped away with a fourth day of triple-digit declines over concerns about the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
The S&P\/TSX composite index closed down 135.45 points at 17,041.92.<\/p>\n
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 123.77 points at 26,957.59. The S&P 500 index was down 11.82 points at 3,116.39, while the Nasdaq composite was up 15.16 points at 8,980.77.<\/p>\n
The Canadian dollar traded for US75.15\u00a2 compared with an average of US75.30\u00a2 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The April crude contract was down US$1.17 at US$50.04 per barrel and the April natural gas contract was down 1.4 cents at US$1.84 per mmBTU.<\/p>\n
The April gold contract was down US$6.90 at US$1,643.10 an ounce and the May copper contract was down 0.85 of a cent at US$2.57 a pound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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