Canada's main stock index moved higher in early trading as gold prices rose, while U.S. stocks started the week lower.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 66.34 points at 26,605.61. The S&P 500 index was down 6.97 points at 3,219.31, while the Nasdaq composite was down 2.08 points at 10,501.11.The September crude contract was down 32 cents at US$40.43 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was down 5.5 cents at US$1.66 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up US$9.10 at US$1,819.10 an ounce and the September copper contract was up slightly to nearly US$2.91 a pound.
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