S&P/TSX composite up almost 100 points Monday, U.S. markets also up

Canada’s main stock index was up by nearly 100 points Monday, with broad-based gains in most sectors, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 96.10 points at 19,545.91.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 423.78 points at 32,827.00. The S&P 500 index was up 36.25 points at 3,806.80, while the Nasdaq composite was up 89.26 points at 10,564.52.

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The Canadian dollar traded for 74.11 cents US, compared with 73.98 cents US on Friday.

The December crude contract was down 82 cents at US$91.79 per barrel and the December natural gas contract was up 54 cents at US$6.94 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was up US$3.90 at US$1,680.50 an ounce and the December copper contract was down eight cents at US$3.60 a pound.