A.M. market news for May 20, 2010

North American markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Dow Jones 10,444.37 -66.58 or -0.63% +0.16% S&P 500 1,115.05 -5.75 or -0.51% +0.00% NASDAQ 2,298.37 -18.89 or -0.82% +1.29% TSX 11,665.77 -98.74 or -0.84% -0.68% International markets Back to Top Open Change YTD Nikkei 10,030.31 -156.53 or -1.54% -4.89% Hang Seng 19,545.83 -33.15 or -0.17% […]

By Staff | May 20, 2010 | Last updated on May 20, 2010

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North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,444.37	-66.58 or -0.63%	+0.16%
S&P 500	1,115.05	-5.75 or -0.51%	+0.00%
NASDAQ	2,298.37	-18.89 or -0.82%	+1.29%
TSX	11,665.77	-98.74 or -0.84%	-0.68%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,030.31	-156.53 or -1.54%	-4.89%
Hang Seng	19,545.83	-33.15 or -0.17%	-10.64%
SENSEX	16,519.68	+111.19 or +0.68%	-5.41%
FTSE 100	5,086.56	-71.52 or -1.39%	-6.03%
CAC 40	3,437.41	-74.26 or -2.11%/td>	-12.67%
DAX	5,885.24	-103.43 or -1.73%	-1.21%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	100.94	100.64	3.39
Cdn. 30-year bond	120.02	119.93	3.81
U.S. 10-year bond	101.69	101.13	3.30
U.S. 30-year bond	103.47	102.25	4.17

Currency

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BoC Open	Today	Previous (Close)
Canadian $	0.9454	0.9577
US $	1.0577	1.0442

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.7630	0.7726
Euro	1.3107	1.2944

Commodities (US $)

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix	$1,187.25	$1,195.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future	$68.18	-$1.69 or -2.42%

(05/20/10)

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