Canada’s largest stock market continued its second day of declines, as major American indices were mixed.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index gave up 49.02 points at 15,781.20 after temporarily rebounding from yesterday’s losses in early morning trading.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average advanced 34.72 points at 20,810.32 and the S&P 500 eked out 0.99 of point to 2,363.81. The Nasdaq composite fell 25.12 points at 5,835.51 points.

The Canadian dollar was at US76.25¢, up 0.17 of a U.S. cent.

The April crude contract gained US86¢ at US$54.45 per barrel and April natural gas rose approximately US5¢ to about US$2.75 per mmBTU.

April gold was up US$18.10 at US$1,251.40 an ounce and March copper fell about US9¢ to US$2.64 a pound.