Markets and dollar slides

By News Staff

Posted May 20, 2010 04:38:25 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

It was a bumpy ride on stock markets on Thursday.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 260 points.

The DOW lost 376 points, and the Canadian dollar closed at 93.65 cents US.

The loonie fell by over two cents.

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