PM market numbers: December 11, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday, with losses particularly heavy in the telecom sector after the federal government opened the wireless business to a new competitor.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 40.64 points to 11,423.93, for a loss of 86.87 points or 0.75% this week.

Other data showed U.S. retail sales rose 1.3% in November, more than double the 0.6% increase economists had expected.

Excluding autos, retail sales jumped 1.2%, which was triple the 0.4% advance economists expected.

Early gains in oil prices disappeared as the U.S. dollar strengthened following the American retail report and the January crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined 67 cents to US$69.87 a barrel.

The base metals sector was up 1.12% as March copper gained three cents to US$3.13 a pound.

The gold sector was off 1.45% as the February bullion contract on the Nymex dropped $6.30 to US$1,119.90 an ounce.

New York markets were mainly positive following the Chinese and American economic data.

And a separate report showing an increase in consumer confidence signalled that spending could continue to rise. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose more than expected in December.

The Dow Jones industrial average moved up 65.67 points to 10,471.5, gaining 82.53 points or 0.79% this week.

The Nasdaq composite index dipped 0.55 of a point to 2,190.31 while the S&P 500 index climbed 4.06 points to 1,106.41.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,471.50	+65.67 or +0.63%	+19.31%
S&P 500	1,106.41	+4.06 or +0.37%	+22.49%
NASDAQ	2,190.31	-0.55 or -0.03%	+38.89%
TSX Composite	11,423.93	-40.64 or -0.35%	+27.11%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,107.87	+245.05 or +2.48%	+14.09%
Hang Seng	21,902.11	+202.07 or +0.93%	+52.23%
SENSEX	17,119.03	-70.28 or -0.41%	+77.45%
FTSE 100	5,261.57	+17.20 or +0.33%	+18.66%
CAC 40	3,803.72	+5.34 or +0.14%	+18.20%
DAX	5,756.29	+47.27 or +0.83%	+19.67%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.04	103.28	3.37
Cdn. 30-year bond	116.80	116.90	3.99
U.S. 10-year bond	98.62	99.06	3.54
U.S. 30-year bond	98.00	98.09	4.50

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9435	0.9520
US $	1.0599	1.0545

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6449	0.6460
Euro	1.5505	1.5479

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,140.00	$1,124.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$69.64	-$0.90 or -1.28

(12/11/09)