Canada’s main stock index closed in the red along with U.S. markets on Monday as concerns about economic instability in Turkey continued to weigh globally.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 75.76 points at 16,250.75 as gold and energy stocks dropped.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average ended down 125.44 points at 25,187.70. The S&P 500 index closed down 11.35 points at 2,821.93, while the Nasdaq composite was down 19.40 points at 7,819.71.
The Canadian dollar averaged US76.13¢, down 0.13 of a U.S. cent.
The September crude contract closed down US43¢ at US$67.20 per barrel and the September natural gas contract dropped a cent to end at US$2.93 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract fell US$20.10 to US$1,198.90 an ounce, the first time since March 2017 that it fell below US$1,200, and the September copper contract fell a penny to US$2.73 a pound.