A.M. market news for March 12, 2010

North American markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Dow Jones 10,611.84 +44.51 or +0.42% +1.76% S&P 500 1,150.24 +4.63 or +0.40% +3.15% NASDAQ 2,368.46 +9.51 or +0.40% +4.38% TSX Composite 11,979.70 +18.64 or +0.16% +1.99% International markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Nikkei 10,751.26 +86.31 or +0.81% +1.94% Hang Seng 21,209.74 -18.46 or […]

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

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North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,611.84	+44.51 or +0.42%	+1.76%
S&P 500	1,150.24	+4.63 or +0.40%	+3.15%
NASDAQ	2,368.46	+9.51 or +0.40%	+4.38%
TSX Composite	11,979.70	+18.64 or +0.16%	+1.99%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,751.26	+86.31 or +0.81%	+1.94%
Hang Seng	21,209.74	-18.46 or -0.09%	-3.03%
SENSEX	17,166.62	-1.34 or -0.01%	-1.71%
FTSE 100	5,633.44	+16.18or +0.29%	+4.07%
CAC 40	3,947.82	+18.87 or +0.48%	+0.29%
DAX	5,965.31	+36.38 or +0.62%	+0.13%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.97	101.77	3.50
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.06	114.35	4.08
U.S. 10-year bond	99.14	99.19	3.73
U.S. 30-year bond	99.38	99.34	4.66

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9781	0.9763
US $	1.0224	1.0243

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.7079	0.7138
Euro	1.4090	1.4009

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,118.75	$1,104.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$82.69	+$0.58 or +0.71%

(03/12/10)

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