P.M. market numbers: August 28, 2009

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The energy sector helped push the Toronto stock market higher Friday.

The S&P/TSX composite index added 44.01 points to 10,977.97, leaving the TSX up 146.79 points or 1.35 per cent on the week following solid earnings reports from most of the big banks.

But the financial sector fell even as Scotiabank beat earnings expectations in reporting quarterly profit fell to $931 million from a year-earlier $1.01 billion amid rising revenues.

The financial sector has seen a strong week following better than expected earnings from Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, Royal Bank, and National Bank. But investors were tempted to take profits after the group gained almost four per cent this week.

The price of oil in New York gained 25 cents to US$72.74 a barrel.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.53 of a cent to 91.58 cents US

New York markets were mixed as consumer spending data met expectations and investors took in positive earnings from computer maker Dell and an improved outlook from chip giant Intel Corp.

The Dow Jones industrial average declined 36.43 points to 9,544.2.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 1.04 points to 2,028.77 and the S&P 500 index declined 2.05 points to 1,028.93.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,544.20	-36.43 or -0.38%	+8.75%
S&P 500	1,028.93	-2.05 or -0.20%	+13.91%
NASDAQ	2,028.77	+1.04 or +0.05%	+28.64%
TSX Composite	10,977.97	+44.01 or +0.40%	+22.14%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,534.14	+60.17 or +0.57%	+18.90%
Hang Seng	20,098.62	-144.13 or -0.71%	+39.70%
SENSEX	15,922.34	+141.27 or +0.90%	+65.04%
FTSE 100	4,908.90	+39.55 or +0.81%	+10.71%
CAC 40	3,693.14	+44.61 or +1.22%	+14.77%
DAX	5,517.35	+47.02 or +0.86%	+14.70%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.98	102.96	3.39
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.54	118.66	3.90
U.S. 10-year bond	101.53	101.34	3.44
U.S. 30-year bond	105.19	104.53	4.19

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9158	0.9211
US $	1.0919	1.0856

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6406	0.6394
Euro	1.5610	1.5640

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$950.75	$955.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$72.77	+$0.28 or +0.39%

(08/27/09)