Dow Jones Industrials

Dow Jones industrials: The S P/TSX composite index lost 15.83 points, its third straight loss, to 12,593.97, according to The Star. U.S. indexes closed lower despite strong data from the housing sector, with the Dow Jones industrials down 76.49 points to 15,177.54, the Nasdaq down 20.11 points to 3,445.26 and the S P 500 index slipping 9.04 points to 1,631.38 and The Toronto stock market closed lower Tuesday amid falling gold stocks. The Canadian dollar was down 0.63 of a cent to 96.67 cents U.S., giving up most of Mondays 0.85-cent jump as the greenback strengthened broadly and Canadas merchandise trade deficit with the world rose sharply during April. Statistics Canada said the deficit went from $3 million in March to $567 million the following month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.