A.M. market news for August 12, 2010

North American markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Dow Jones 10,378.83 -265.42 or -2.49% -0.47% S&P 500 1,089.49 -31.57 or -2.82% +2.30% NASDAQ 2,208.63 -68.54 or -3.01% -2.67% TSX 11,584.09 -254.20 or -2.15% -1.38% International markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Nikkei 9,212.59 -80.26 or -0.86% -12.65% Hang Seng 21,105.71 -188.83 or -0.89% […]

By Staff | August 12, 2010 | Last updated on August 12, 2010

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North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,378.83	-265.42 or -2.49%	-0.47%
S&P 500	1,089.49	-31.57 or -2.82%	+2.30%
NASDAQ	2,208.63	-68.54 or -3.01%	-2.67%
TSX	11,584.09	-254.20 or -2.15%	-1.38%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	9,212.59	-80.26 or -0.86%	-12.65%
Hang Seng	21,105.71	-188.83 or -0.89%	-3.51%
SENSEX	18,073.90	+3.71 or +0.02%	+3.49%
FTSE 100	5,255.18	+9.97 or +0.19%	-2.91%
CAC 40	3,627.68	-0.61 or -0.02%	-7.84%
DAX	6,142.53	-11.54 or -0.19%	+3.11%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	104.63	103.90	2.95
Cdn. 30-year bond	124.10	123.25	3.59
U.S. 10-year bond	99.17	106.31	2.72
U.S. 30-year bond	107.69	106.60	3.93

Currency

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BoC Open	Today	Previous (Close)
Canadian $	0.9647	0.9681
US $	1.0366	1.0330

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous (Close)
Canadian $	0.7359	0.7353
Euro	1.3589	1.3600

Commodities (US $)

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix	$1,200.00	$1,205.50

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future	$77.26	-$0.76 or -0.97%

(08/12/10)

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