Canada's main stock index was down more than 200 points Tuesday with broad-based losses led by energy, while U.S. markets also fell. 

The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 236.87 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 20,439.87.

In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 344.57 points at 33,530.83. The S&P 500 Index was down 65.41 points at 4,071.63, while the Nasdaq Composite was down 238.04 points, or almost two per cent, at 11,799.16.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.41 cents U.S. compared with 73.84 cents U.S. on Monday.

The June crude contract was down US$1.69 at US$77.07 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was down three cents at US$2.44 per mm/BTU.

The June gold contract was up US$4.70 at US$2,004.50 an ounce and the July copper contract was down 10 cents at US$3.87 a pound.