A.M. Market numbers: Monday, July 27, 2009

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North American markets appeared headed for a higher open Monday morning as investors in the U.S. and Canada awaited more quarterly earnings reports.

U.S. stocks appeared ready to follow the lead of overseas markets, which advanced on rising hopes for a global recovery.

Over the past two weeks, the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index have each jumped more than 11% after companies issued better-than-expected earnings reports or forecasts for the rest of the year.

The Toronto Stock Market has also posted two weeks of gains, but has fluctuated by more than a thousand points over the past month.

Among U.S. companies reporting results early Monday, RadioShack Corp. reported its second-quarter earnings rose as it cut costs. The electronic retailer beat analysts’ forecasts.

Honeywell International Inc. is among the other companies reporting earnings Monday.

A slew of earnings from Canadian corporations are expected later in the week, including those from Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO), Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM), Petro-Canada (TSX:PCA), Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX), Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP), Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) and lumber giant Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP).

Overall, corporate Canada is expected to produce results that reflect a weak spring quarter and a tougher business environment.

Ahead of Monday’s market open, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 41 points, or 0.5%, at 9,099. Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures advanced 4.00, or 0.4%, at 981.80, while Nasdaq 100 index futures moved ahead 9.50, or 0.6%, at 1606.75.

The Canadian dollar opened at 92.50 cents US, up 0.16 of a cent from Friday’s close.

Light, sweet crude for September delivery was up 51 cents to US$68.56 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Overseas, Japan’s Nikkei stock average rose 1.5%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 1.4%. In afternoon trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3%, Germany’s DAX index was up 1.1%, and France’s CAC-40 was up 1.2%.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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Dow Jones	9,093.24	+23.95 or +0.26%%	+3.61%
S&P 500	979.26	+2.97 or +0.30%	+8.42%
NASDAQ	1,965.96	-7.64 or -0.39%	+24.66%
TSX Composite	10,687.90	+12.22 or +0.11%	+18.92%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,088.66	+144.11 or +1.45%	+13.87%
Hang Seng	20,251.62	+268.83 or +1.35%	+40.76%
SENSEX	15,375.04	-3.92 or -0.03%	+59.37%
FTSE 100	4,572.59	-4.02 or -0.09%	+3.12%
CAC 40	3,373.08	+6.63 or +0.20%	+4.82%
DAX	5,260.68	+31.32 or +0.60%	+9.37%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.68	101.83	3.55
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.65	115.79	4.06
U.S. 10-year bond	95.63	95.43	3.66
U.S. 30-year bond	95.26	94.81	4.54

Currency

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BoC Open	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9250	0.9232
US $	1.0810	1.0832

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6485	0.6494
Euro	1.5420	1.5399

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$ 956.00	$951.50

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$68.30	+$0.25 or +0.37%

(07/27/09)