S&P/TSX composite lower despite price of oil rising to top US$60 per barrel

Financial numbers flow on the digital ticker tape at the TMX Group in Toronto's financial district on May 9, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

TORONTO - The S&P/TSX composite index oscillated between gains and losses through the Tuesday trading day, ultimately ending modestly lower, while U.S. markets declined.聽

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 4.34 points at 32,870.36, as strength in basic materials and energy wasn't quite enough to offset a decline in the financial sector.聽

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