Canada’s main stock index ended a positive week on a down note as a further drop in the price of oil helped to pull the loonie to a more than four-month low.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 83.03 points at 15,274.44 on Friday.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 201.92 points to 25,989.30. The S&P 500 index was down 25.82 points at 2,781.01, while the Nasdaq composite fell by 123.98 points to 7,406.90.
The Canadian dollar traded at an average of US75.72¢ compared with an average of US76.25¢on Thursday.
The December crude contract was down 48¢ at US$60.19 per barrel and the December natural gas contract was up US17.6¢ at US$3.72 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was down US$16.50 at US$1,208.60 an ounce and the December copper contract was down US5.15¢ at US$2.68 a pound.