P.M. market numbers: August 4, 2009

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The Toronto stock market has closed above 11,000 points for the first time in 10 months.

The S&P/TSX composite index soared 230.95 points to 11,018.10 today, surpassing the 11,000 mark in the final moments of trading for the first time since October 1, 2008.

The Toronto index was playing catch-up with New York markets, which rose sharply higher yesterday while the TSX was closed for the long weekend.

Today, the Dow Jones industrial average added 33.63 points to 9,320.19 while the Nasdaq composite index rose 2.70 to 2,011.31.

The price of oil edged down 16 cents to US$71.42, while the loonie added 0.26 cent to 93.07 cents US.

The higher stock markets come amid growing investor optimism that an economic recovery is under way, driving demand for a wide range of products.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,320.19	+33.63 or +0.36%	+6.20%
S&P 500	1,005.65	+3.02 or +0.30%	+11.34%
NASDAQ	2,011.31	+2.70 or 0.13%	+27.54%
TSX Composite	11,018.10	+230.95 or 2.14%	+22.59%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,375.01	+22.54 or +0.22%	+17.11%
Hang Seng	20,796.43	-10.83 or -0.05%	+44.55%
SENSEX	15,830.98	-93.25 or -0.59%	+64.10%
FTSE 100	4,671.37	-11.09 or -0.24%	+5.35%
CAC 40	3,476.37	-1.43 or -0.04%	+8.03%
DAX	5,417.02	-9.83 or -0.18%	+12.62%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.93	n/a	3.52
Cdn. 30-year bond	116.69	n/a	4.00
U.S. 10-year bond	95.50	n/a	3.68
U.S. 30-year bond	96.59	n/a	4.46

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9315	n/a
US $	1.0736	n/a

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6468	n/a
Euro	1.5460	n/a

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$953.50	$960.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$74.36	+$0.81 or +1.10%

(08/04/09)