Canada Main Stock Index and Stock Markets

Stock markets: New York Dow index also powered ahead, up 123 points to 17,100, just off its record of 17,138 set Wednesday as sentiments were buoyed by strong earnings. , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. Stock markets had dipped yesterday because of worry over geopolitical tensions, but today investors seemed to have forgotten the crisis. Canada main stock index advanced to a record high on Friday, as markets threw off worries caused by the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine and Israels decision to send ground troops into Gaza. Toronto TSX/S P index was up 62 points to 15,266, a new high, and has advanced 12 per cent since the beginning of the year. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.