Canada’s main stock index ended a two-day skid as a flash of optimism on trade lifted oil prices, but not enough to prevent the worst week for crude this year.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 65.43 points to 16,230.04.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 95.22 points at 25,585.69. The S&P 500 index was up 3.82 points at 2,826.06, while the Nasdaq composite was up 8.73 points at 7,637.01.
The Canadian dollar traded at an average of US74.37¢ compared with an average of US74.19¢ on Thursday.
The July crude contract was up 72¢ at US$58.63 per barrel and the July natural gas contract was up 1.9¢ at US$2.61 per mmBTU.
The June gold contract was down US$1.80 at US$1,283.60 an ounce and the July copper contract was up 1.9¢ at US$2.70 a pound.