Canadian dollar lingers around 11-year low

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar was little-changed and stock market indexes were slightly positive Tuesday morning.
The loonie slipped 0.04 of a U.S. cent to 74.62 cents US, just above an 11-year low of 74.53 cents US set last week.
The Toronto Stock Exchanges S&P/TSX index was up 35.76 points at 13,040.34, recovering a small portion of recent losses but still near a three-year low.
On Monday, the S&P/TSX index in Toronto plunged 373.99 points or 2.8 per cent to 13,004.58. The last time the index closed below 12,000 was in October 2013.
In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 stocks was up 33.21 points at 16,035.10, while the broader S&P 500 index advanced 6.89 points to 1,888.66 and the Nasdaq gained 18.74 points to 4,562.71.
On the commodity markets, the December gold contract rose 20 cents to US$1,131.90 an ounce, the November crude contract was up 88 cents at US$45.31 a barrel and the November contract for natural gas was down five cents at US$2.62.

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