TORONTO — Canada's main stock index managed a slight gain Thursday as tech and financial stocks rose, while U.S. markets slipped into small losses despite earlier gains.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 38.62 points at 39,869.38 after cresting 40,000 points for the first time earlier in the day. The S&P 500 index ended down 11.05 points at 5,297.10, while the Nasdaq composite was down 44.07 points at 16,698.32.The July crude oil contract was up 60 cents at US$79.
The June gold contract was down US$9.40 at US$2,385.50 an ounce and the July copper contract was down four cents at US$4.88 a pound.The Canadian Press
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