The S&P/TSX Capped consumer discretionary index was down 0.65 per cent as auto parts companies including Magna International, Linamar Corp, and Martinrea International slid on tariff concerns, said Michael Currie, an investment advisor at TD Wealth.
The dead were identified as 42-year-old Michael Currie of Bear Creek; 24-year-old Randal Welch of Franklinville; and 23-year-old Perry Saunders of Aurora, Missouri. Autopsies have been ordered for all the fatal victims.