Canada’s main stock index barely rebounded from two days of losses on a whiff of hope about the U.S. reaching a trade deal with China and higher oil prices.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 39.65 points to 16,397.40.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 2.24 points at 25,967.33. The S&P 500 index was down 4.63 points at 2,879.42, while the Nasdaq composite was down 20.44 points at 7,943.32.
The Canadian dollar traded at an average of US74.26¢ compared with an average of US74.21¢ on Tuesday.
The June crude contract was up 72¢ at US$62.12 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was up 7.3¢ at US$2.61 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was down US$4.20 at US$1,281.40 an ounce and the July copper contract was down 1.1 cent at US$2.77 a pound.