A.M. market news for March 2, 2010

North American markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Dow Jones 10,403.79 +78.53 or +0.76% -0.23% S&P 500 1,115.71 +11.22 or +1.02% +0.05% NASDAQ 2,273.57 +35.31 or +1.58% +0.19% TSX Composite 11,728.06 +98.43 or +0.85% -0.15% International markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Nikkei 10,221.84 +49.78 or +0.49% -3.08% Hang Seng 20,906.11 -150.82 or […]

By Staff | March 2, 2010 | Last updated on March 2, 2010

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North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,403.79	+78.53 or +0.76%	-0.23%
S&P 500	1,115.71	+11.22 or +1.02%	+0.05%
NASDAQ	2,273.57	+35.31 or +1.58%	+0.19%
TSX Composite	11,728.06	+98.43 or +0.85%	-0.15%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,221.84	+49.78 or +0.49%	-3.08%
Hang Seng	20,906.11	-150.82 or -0.72%	-4.42%
SENSEX	16,772.56	+343.01 or +2.09%	-3.96%
FTSE 100	5,456.06	+50.12 or +0.93%	+0.80%
CAC 40	3,802.65	+33.11 or +0.88%	-3.40%
DAX	5,772.61	+59.10 or +1.03%	-3.10%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.79	102.91	3.40
Cdn. 30-year bond	116.27	116.38	4.01
U.S. 10-year bond	99.84	100.13	3.64
U.S. 30-year bond	100.47	101.17	4.59

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9655	0.9601
US $	1.0357	1.0416

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.7136	0.7076
Euro	1.4013	1.4132

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,116.00	$1,114.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$79.36	+$0.66 or +0.84%

(03/02/10)

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