North American stock markets marched higher to end the week despite historically bad jobless numbers resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 132.87 points at 14,966.56.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 455.43 points at 24,331.32. The S&P 500 index was up 48.61 points at 2,929.80, while the Nasdaq composite was up 141.66 points at 9,121.32.

The July crude contract was up US$1.34 at US$26.17 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was down 7.1 cents at US$1.82 per mmBTU.

The June gold contract was down US$11.90 at US$1,713.90 an ounce and the July copper contract was up 2.55 cents at US$2.41 a pound.

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