India, April 29 -- Canadian stocks showed a lack of direction early in the session but moved modestly higher over the course of the trading day.
The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index ended the day up 75.89 points or 0.3 percent at 24,874.48, climbing into positive territory in afternoon trading after spending the morning lingering near the unchanged line.
With the upward move, the index closed higher for the fifth time in the past six sessions, reaching its highest closing level in almost a month.
The strength that emerged on Bay Street came as stocks south of the border advance following positive developments on the trade front, with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick telling CNBC the Trump administration had reached its first trade...