P.M. market numbers: January 11, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed little changed but mining stocks found lift from strong Chinese economic data.

The S&P/TSX composite index was off 6.7 points to 11,947.13 amid data showing that China’s exports jumped 18% in December, much more than the 5% increase that had been expected. It was also the first increase in more than a year.

The Canadian dollar moved 0.24 of a cent lower to 96.76 cents US. Oil lost 23 cents to US$82.52 a barrel, but mining stocks rose as gold gained $12.50 to US$1,151.40 an ounce and copper rose four cents to US$3.44 a pound.

New York markets were mainly higher before U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa kicked off the fourth-quarter corporate earnings season after the close.

The Dow Jones industrial average was 45.8 points higher to 10,663.99, the Nasdaq composite index declined 4.76 points to 2,312.41, while the S&P 500 index gained two points to 1,147.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,663.99	+45.80 or +0.43%	+2.26%
S&P 500	1,146.98	+2.00 or +0.17%	+2.86%
NASDAQ	2,312.41	-4.76 or -0.21%	+1.91%
TSX Composite	11,947.13	-6.70 or -0.06%	+1.71%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,798.32	Closed	+2.39%
Hang Seng	22,411.52	+114.77 or +0.51%	+2.46%
SENSEX	17,526.71	-13.58 or -0.08%	+0.35%
FTSE 100	5,538.07	+3.83 or +0.07%	+2.31%
CAC 40	4,043.09	-2.05 or -0.05%	+2.71%
DAX	6,040.50	+2.89 or +0.05%	+1.39%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.17	101.29	3.60
Cdn. 30-year bond	114.10	114.57	4.13
U.S. 10-year bond	96.28	96.34	3.83
U.S. 30-year bond	94.25	94.38	4.73

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9676	0.9737
US $	1.0335	1.0270

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6664	0.6708
Euro	1.5006	1.4907

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,158.00	$1,153.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$82.26	-$0.49 or -0.59%

(01/11/10)