S&P/TSX composite finishes about 130 points higher

Updated: August 29, 2025 at 4:24PM EDT

Published: August 29, 2025 at 11:41AM EDT

TORONTO — The materials sector helped lift Canada’s main stock index to finish higher on Friday, while U.S. markets were down. 

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 129.65 points at 28,564.45.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 92.02 points at 45,544.88. The S&P 500 index was down 41.60 points at 6,460.26, while the Nasdaq composite was down 249.61 points at 21,455.55.

The Canadian dollar traded for 72.77 cents US compared with 72.70 cents US on Thursday.

The October crude oil contract was down 59 cents US at US$64.01 per barrel.

The December gold contract was up US$41.80 at US$3,516.10 an ounce.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 29, 2025.