MONEY IN BRIEF

Currencies

These are indicative wholesale rates for foreign currency provided by the Bank of Canada on Friday. Quotations in Canadian funds.

Australia dollar Brazil real China renminbi Euro

Hong Kong dollar India rupee Indonesia rupiah Japan yen Malaysia ringgit Mexico peso N.Z. dollar Norway krone Peruvian new sol Russia rouble Saudi riyal Singapore dollar South Africa rand South Korean won Sweden krona Switzerland franc Taiwanese dollar Thailand baht Turkey lira

U.K. pound

U.S. dollar Vietnam dong

0.9752 0.3405 0.1968 1.5361 0.1678 0.01923 0.000092 0.01171 0.3251 0.06957 0.8895 0.1619 0.4026 0.02113 0.3512 0.9636 0.09910 0.001164 0.1479 1.3126 0.04303 0.03951 0.2720 1.7387 1.3171 0.000057

Financial highlights

Highlights at the close Friday at world financial market trading. Stocks:

S&P/TSX Composite Index – 16,561.12, down 6.30 points Dow – 25,019.41, up 94.52 points S&P 500 – 2,801.31, up 3.02 points

Nasdaq – 7,825.98, up 2.06 points (record close)

Currencies:

Cdn – 75.92 cents US, down 0.03 of a cent

Pound – C$1.7387, down 0.18 of a cent

Euro – C$1.5361, down 0.13 of a cent

Euro – US$1.1663, down 0.14 of a cent

Oil futures:

US$71.01, up 68 cents (August contract)

Gold futures:

US$1,241.20 per oz., down $5.40 (August contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: daily quote unavailable from source; office closed on Fridays ( Thursday: $21.919 oz., $704.70 kg.)

The markets today

TORONTO (CP) — Canada’s main stock index ended lower Friday after gaining ground earlier in the day, while U.S. markets had minor gains and the loonie was down slightly.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 6.30 points at 16,561.12 on subdued volumes to dip from the record close a day earlier.

The index ended the week up 1.16 per cent, and is up 2.2 per cent for the year after recovering from a major dip in February. The energy sector was one of the few indexes on the TSX to end positive, helped along by a rise in oil prices.

The August crude contract closed up 68 cents at US$71.01 per barrel. The price was recovering after the Trump administration’s tariff threats against China earlier this week overshadowed a report from the U.S. of strong stockpile draws. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 94.52 points at 25,019.41. The S&P 500 index closed up 3.02 points at 2,801.31 and the Nasdaq composite index was up 2.06 points at 7,825.98, a record close.

The Canadian dollar averaged 75.92 cents US, down 0.03 of a US cent. The August crude contract closed up 68 cents at US$71.01 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was down five cents at US$2.75 per mmBTU.

The August gold contract ended down $5.40 at US$1,241.20 an ounce and the September copper contract was unchanged at US$2.78 a pound.