North American stock markets were continuing their streak of record highs in late morning trading today.
About 90 minutes after the opening bell, the S&P/TSX composite index was up 38.08 points to 15,824.11.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 65.77 points to 20,570.18, the S&P 500 advanced 3.35 points to 2,340.93 and the Nasdaq composite added 10.08 points to 5,792.65.
Oil prices were also up, with the March crude contract fetching $53.42 (U.S.) a barrel, a bump of 22 cents.
April gold contracts gained $1.10 at $1,226.50 an ounce.
The Canadian dollar was one sore spot, down 0.07 of a U.S. cent to 76.44 cents U.S.
Elsewhere in commodities, March natural gas nudged up four cents to $2.95 per mmBTU and March copper was up a penny at $2.74 a pound.
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