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S&P/TSX composite index falls more than 140 points, U.S. stock markets also lower

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The Toronto Stock Exchange Broadcast Centre is shown in Toronto on Friday June 28, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index finished lower on Monday, weighed down by losses in the basic materials sector, while U.S. markets also lost ground. 

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 141.44 points at 31,169.97.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 215.67 points at 47,739.32. The S&P 500 index was down 23.89 points at 6,846.51, while the Nasdaq composite was down 32.22 points at 23,545.90.

The Canadian dollar traded for 72.27 cents US compared with 72.15 cents US on Friday.

The January crude oil contract was down US$1.20 at US$58.88 per barrel.

The February gold contract was down US$25.30 at US$4,217.70 an ounce.  

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 8, 2025.