The Canadian dollar traded for 72.34 cents US on Wednesday, slightly down from the previous day
U.S. tech stocks drive market higher as gold also rises
Canadian oil stocks fall in 'knee-jerk' reaction
TSX energy subindex falls more than 3%
Increase in oil output could take years and millions of dollars in investment, analysts say
'Hot print' from Micron Technologies boosted enthusiasm for tech stocks, says portfolio manager
The Canadian dollar traded for 72.60 cents US, up slightly from Wednesday
U.S. markets focused on AI stocks, plus this week's jobs and inflation data
The benchmark Canadian stock index was also helped by rising industrial, financial stocks
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 246.48 points