P.M. market numbers: August 5, 2009

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The Toronto stock market ended Wednesday in positive territory, posting a small gain as oil prices and the base metals sector provided lift for the second day in a row.

The S&P/TSX composite index inched up 28.83 points to end the day at 11,046.93, a day after a 230-point surge saw it climb to close above 11,000 points for the first time in 10 months.

However, investors appear wary of taking the market too high too quickly and analysts were expecting stocks to drift after such a big move.

The price of oil also turned positive in afternoon trading, adding 55 cents to US$71.97 a barrel for the September contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Toronto’s energy sector was down 0.6%.

The base metals sector led the way to Wednesday’s gain, adding 1.8% on investor optimism about the economy, growing demand in China and a weaker U.S. dollar.

The loonie, which has soared ever closer to parity in recent weeks as commodity prices have strengthened, added 0.38 cent to 93.45 cents US.

The gold sector fell 0.6% as the December bullion contract on the Nymex lost $3.40 to US$966.30 an ounce.

In New York, markets were lower after a trade group said its measure of the health of the U.S. services sector contracted more sharply than expected in July.

The Institute for Supply Management’s services index clocked in at 46.4, down from 47 in June. It’s the 10th straight month of decline, as any reading below 50 indicates the sector is shrinking. Analysts had expected a reading of 48.

The Nasdaq composite index slipped 18.26 points to 1,993.05 while the Dow Jones industrial average lost 39.22 points to 9,280.97. The S&P 500 fell 2.93 points to 1,002.72.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,280.97	-39.22 or -0.42%	+5.75%
S&P 500	1,002.72	-2.93 or -0.29%	+11.01%
NASDAQ	1,993.05	-18.26 or -0.91%	+26.38%
TSX Composite	11,046.93	+28.83 or +0.26%	+22.91%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,252.53	-122.48 or -1.18%	+15.72%
Hang Seng	20,494.77	-301.66 or -1.45%	+42.45%
SENSEX	15,903.83	+72.85 or +0.46%	+64.85%
FTSE 100	4,647.13	-24.24 or -0.52%	+4.80%
CAC 40	3,458.53	-17.84 or -0.51%	+7.48%
DAX	5,353.01	-64.01 or -1.18%	+11.28%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.41	101.93	3.58
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.65	116.69	4.06
U.S. 10-year bond	94.84	95.50	3.76
U.S. 30-year bond	94.84	96.59	4.57

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9345	0.9315
US $	1.0701	1.0736

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6483	0.6468
Euro	1.5425	1.5460

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$964.50	$960.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$71.82	+$0.40 or +0.56%

(08/05/09)