Toronto Stock Exchange, Canadian dollar down as key commodity prices fall

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 80.28 points or 0.7 per cent at 13,405.08.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 49.04 points at 17,734.13, the broader S&P 500 composite index advanced 3.39 points to 2,063.13 and the Nasdaq composite gained 18.72 points to 4,888.56.

The loonie was at 76.48 cents US, 0.52 of a cent from Thursday's close.

The May crude contract was down $1.34 at US$37.00 per barrel and May natural gas was down one cent at US$1.95.

The June gold contract fell $21.80 to US$1,214.00 an ounce and May copper contracts fell 3.5 cents to US$2.18 a pound.

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