Canada’s main stock index closed Friday with a 9.55% advance to regain some of the ground it gave up Thursday in its biggest one-day drop on record.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 1,194.43 points or 9.6% at 13,702.88, a day after giving up more than 1,700 points.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 1,985.00 points at 23,185.62. The S&P 500 index was up 230.38 points at 2,711.02, while the Nasdaq composite was up 673.07 points at 7,874.88.
The Canadian dollar traded for US71.94¢ compared with an average of US72.36¢ on Thursday.
The April crude contract was up US23¢ at US$31.73 per barrel and the April natural gas contract was up US2.8¢ at US$1.869 per mmBTU.
The April gold contract was down US$73.60 at US$1,516.70 an ounce and the May copper contract was down US0.85¢ at US$2.464 a pound.