Market Numbers: Monday, July 20, 2009

| North American markets | International markets | Bonds | Currency | Commodities |

The Toronto stock market finished sharply higher Monday, extending its winning streak to six sessions on the likelihood that a major U.S. financial institution will avoid bankruptcy while improving sentiment send commodity prices higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index jumped 171.29 points to 10,540.71, following a surge of more than six per cent last week as a string of U.S. earnings reports raised hopes for an economic recovery.

TheTSX energy sector moved up 2.35% with the August crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange 42 cents higher to US$63.98 a barrel.

Investors also took in a major deal in the utilities sector. TransAlta Corp. said it plans to make an all-cash offer of $654 million to acquire Canadian Hydro Developers at a price of $4.55 per share.

A day before the Bank of Canada makes its next announcement on interest rates, the Canadian dollar added to last week’s strong advances, as the dollar benefited from a weaker U.S. dollar and the strong showing on the stock markets. The loonie jumped 0.75 of a cent to 90.35 cents US after running ahead 3.74 US cents last week.

In economic news, Statistics Canada announced that wholesale sales fell 0.3% to $40.1 billion in May, their eighth straight drop and their lowest level since December 2005.

Encouraging outlooks from Goldman Sachs Group and Bank of America also helped sent New York markets higher as the Dow Jones industrials rose 104.21 points to 8,848.15.

The Nasdaq composite index climbed 22.68 points to 1,909.29 while the S&P 500 index was ahead 10.75 points to 951.13.

And Goldman Sachs forecast said an improvement in earnings will drive a sharp second-half rally, taking the S&P 500 up to 1,060.

The gold sector was ahead 2.5 cent as the August bullion contract on the Nymex rose $11.30 to US$948.80 an ounce.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	8,848.15	+104.21 or +1.19%	+0.82%
S&P 500	951.13	+10.75 or +1.14%	+5.30%
NASDAQ	1,909.29	+22.68 or +1.20%	+21.07%
TSX Composite	10,540.71	+171.29 or +1.65%	+17.28%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	9,395.32	+51.16 or +0.55%	+6.05%
Hang Seng	19,502.37	+696.71 or +3.70%	+35.55%
SENSEX	15,191.01	+446.09 or +3.03%	+57.46%
FTSE 100	4,443.62	+54.87 or +1.25%	+0.21%
CAC 40	3,270.94	+52.48 or +1.63%	+1.65%
DAX	5,030.15	+51.75 or +1.04%	+4.57%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.73	102.21	3.42
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.52	116.54	3.96
U.S. 10-year bond	96.00	95.69	3.61
U.S. 30-year bond	95.75	95.22	4.51

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9035	0.8960
US $	1.1068	1.1161

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6351	0.6354
Euro	1.5746	1.5737

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$952.25	$952.75

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$64.33	+$0.77 or +1.21%

(07/20/09)