TSX flat, while major U.S. indexes continue rally and hit record highs

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index gained a meagre fraction of a point, while major U.S. indexes hit record highs.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 0.24 of a point to 15,075.44.

In New York, indexes continued their rally and recorded all-time highs on a shortened trading day, closing at 1 p.m. ET, the day after American Thanksgiving.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 68.96 points to 19,152.14, the S&P 500 was up 8.63 points to 2,213.35, and the Nasdaq composite rose 18.24 points to 5,398.92.

In commodities, the January crude contract fell $1.90 to US$46.06 per barrel and the December gold contract shed $10.90 to US$1,178.40 an ounce.

January natural gas rose 5.5 cents to US$3.20 per mmBTU and December copper contracts were up 6.1 cents at US$2.67 a pound.

The Canadian dollar was at 73.93 cents US, down 0.19 of a U.S. cent.

The Canadian Press