Toronto down; U.S. markets skid late in day

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed lower Tuesday while U.S. markets continued a streak of volatility with a late-day plunge that left all main indexes in the red.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 82.38 points to 15,216.18, led by declines in key financial and materials sectors.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 344.89 points to 23,857.71. The S&P 500 index was down 45.93 points to 2,612.62 and the Nasdaq composite index was down 211.73 points to 7,008.81.

The Canadian dollar closed at 77.71 cents US, up 0.11 of a US cent.

The May crude contract closed down 30 cents to US$65.25 per barrel and the May natural gas contract ended up six cents to US$2.71 per mmBTU.

The April gold contract closed down US$13.00 to US$1,342.00 an ounce and the May copper contract was up three cents to US$3.00 a pound.

• Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (15,216.18, down 82.38 points)

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Unchanged at $3.79 on 6.8 million shares.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Down 37 cents, or 3.74 per cent, to $9.53 on 6.5 million shares.

Balmoral Resources Ltd. (TSX:BAR). Miner. Down 18.5 cents, or 39.36 per cent, to 28.5 cents on 5.3 million shares.

Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 87 cents, or 2.55 per cent, to $33.31 on 4.9 million shares.

Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Oil and gas. Up 71 cents, or 1.84 per cent, to $39.23 on 4.8 million shares.

Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH). Healthcare. Down 28 cents, or 2.16 per cent, to $12.67 on 4.7 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:@

Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. (TSX:KML). Oil and gas. Up one cent, or 0.05 per cent, to $18.67 on 161,699 shares. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan says the city intends to ask the Supreme Court of Canada to consider a lower court decision that denied Burnaby leave to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board that allows Kinder Morgan to bypass local bylaws during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline project.