Market Insights

Market numbers: October 14, 2009

North American stock markets headed for an open well into positive territory Wednesday after chip giant Intel Corp. and American bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. delivered solid earnings reports. The Toronto market will particularly benefit from another spike in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial futures jumped 113 points to 9,922, the Nasdaq futures advanced […]

By Staff |October 14, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: October 14, 2009

The Toronto stock market cruised to a solid gain Wednesday and Dow Jones industrial average broke through the psychologically important 10,000 mark amid key earnings reports and a better than expected reading on retail sales in the United States. Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index closed up 119.24 points to 11,532.78, while the Dow Jones industrial average […]

By Staff |October 14, 2009

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Market numbers: October 13, 2009

The Canadian dollar was at its highest level in well over a year Tuesday as the American greenback weakened and commodity prices continued to climb. The loonie was up 1.43 cents in early trading from the previous close Friday after surging 3.37 cents US last week. It was at 97.18 cents, its highest since August […]

By Staff |October 13, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: October 13, 2009

The Toronto stock market closed slightly lower Tuesday, supported by commodity stocks on advancing oil prices and record high gold prices and pulled down by financial stocks in the wake of a downgrade in the American banking sector. Trading was also sluggish following a disappointing earnings report from U.S. health-care giant Johnson & Johnson and […]

By Staff |October 13, 2009

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