P.M. market numbers: December 8, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed lower as a stronger greenback weakened commodities.

Investors also worried about downgrades of government credit ratings.

The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 120.7 points to 11,369.

Moody’s Investor Services warned that the United States and Britain must get a grip on their public finances to avoid threats to their top, Triple-A credit ratings. And rival Fitch cut Greece’s credit rating over concerns about the medium-term outlook for its public finances.

The Canadian dollar fell 0.99 of a cent to 93.99 cents US as the Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged at 0.25%. Oil fell $1.31 to US$72.62 a barrel while gold lost $20.60 to US$1,143.40 an ounce.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 104.14 points to 10,285.97, the Nasdaq composite index declined 16.62 points to 2,172.99 and the S&P 500 index moved down 11.32 points to 1,091.93.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,285.97	-104.14 or -1.00%	+17.20%
S&P 500	1,091.94	-11.31 or -1.03%	+20.89%
NASDAQ	2,172.99	-16.62 or -0.76%	+37.79%
TSX Composite	11,368.93	-120.70 or -1.05%	+26.49%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,140.47	-27.13 or -0.27%	+14.46%
Hang Seng	22,060.52	-264.44 or -1.18%	+53.33%
SENSEX	17,227.68	+244.54 or +1.44%	+78.57%
FTSE 100	5,223.13	-87.53 or -1.65%	+17.79%
CAC 40	3,785.30	-54.75 or -1.43%	+17.63%
DAX	5,688.58	-96.17 or -1.69%	+18.26%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.80	103.78	3.28
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.20	118.35	3.91
U.S. 10-year bond	99.78	99.53	3.40
U.S. 30-year bond	99.89	99.72	4.38

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9399	0.9497
US $	1.0639	1.0529

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6393	0.6412
Euro	1.5643	1.5596

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,164.25	$1,146.75

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$72.75	-$1.18 or -1.60%

(12/08/09)