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Energy stocks weighed on Canada’s main stock index in the wake of a Federal Court of Appeal decision to quash the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 18.74 points at 16,371.55 with the energy sector off 0.69 per cent.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 137.65 points at 25,986.92. The S&P 500 index was down 12.91 points at 2,901.13, while the Nasdaq composite was off 21.32 points at 8,088.36.

The closing price of the Canadian dollar wasn’t immediately available.

The October crude contract was up 74¢ at US$70.25 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was up US1.1¢ at US$2.87 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was down US$6.50 at US$1,205.00 an ounce and the December copper contract was down US1.9¢ at US$2.72 a pound.