P.M. market numbers: August 17, 2009

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The Toronto stock market joined other indexes around the world in a sharp sell-off as investors sold off on worries that the U.S. consumer won’t be much help in building a strong economic recovery.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 316.42 points or 2.92% to 10,531.59 after consumer weakness surfaced Friday in a sharp falloff in the Reuters-University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, following a weak July retail sales report.

Economic worries pushed the TSX lower last week, snapping a four-week-long winning streak, leaving the main index up over 40% from the lows of March.

But after rallying for months on expectations of an economic recovery, investors now fear they’ve been too optimistic given consumers’ continuing reluctance to spend.

The Canadian dollar closed down 0.61 cent to 90.32 cents U.S.

The Dow Jones industrials closed down 186.06 points to 9,135.34 and the Nasdaq composite index dropped 54.68 points to 1,930.84 while the S&P 500 fell 24.36 points to 979.73.

The TSX energy sector was a leading decliner, down 3.27% as the price of oil in New York lost 76 cents to US$66.75 a barrel.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,135.34	-186.06 or -2.00%	+4.09%
S&P 500	979.73	-24.36 or -2.43%	+8.47%
NASDAQ	1,930.84	-54.68 or -2.75%	+22.44%
TSX Composite	10,531.59	-316.42 or -2.92%	+17.18%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,268.61	-328.72 or -3.10%	+15.90%
Hang Seng	20,137.65	-755.68 or -3.62%	+39.97%
SENSEX	14,784.92	-626.71 or -4.07%	+53.25%
FTSE 100	4,645.01	-68.96 or -1.46%	+4.75%
CAC 40	3,419.69	-75.58 or -2.16%	+6.27%
DAX	5,201.61	-107.50 or -2.02%	+8.14%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.90	102.05	3.40
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.87	117.19	3.88
U.S. 10-year bond	101.31	100.22	3.47
U.S. 30-year bond	103.09	97.14	4.32

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9032	0.9001
US $	1.1072	1.1109

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6416	0.6407
Euro	1.5586	1.5609

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$937.50	$932.75

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$66.44	-$1.07 or -1.58%

(08/17/09)