P.M. market numbers: January 18, 2009

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The Toronto stock market started the trading week off positive Monday, led by higher commodity and financial stocks.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 65.17 points to 11,750.54 after a lukewarm start to the U.S. quarterly earnings season and moves by China to cool its economy had pushed the main index down more than two per cent last week to below where it started the new year.

Volumes were lower than normal as New York markets closed for the Martin Luther King holiday.

The February crude contract rose 25 cents to US$78.25 a barrel shortly before the TSX closed, taking the energy sector ahead 0.63%.

Crude prices fell every day last week, losing just over five per cent, as the first batch of fourth-quarter earnings and economic data pointed to signs of continued weakness in the U.S. economy.

The financial sector moved up 0.65% after losing ground at the end of last week in the wake of disappointing earnings results from American banking giant JPMorgan Chase.

The February gold contract was ahead $2.90 to US$1,133.40 an ounce and the gold sector edged up 0.19%.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,609.65	-100.90 or -0.94%	+1.74%
S&P 500	1,136.03	-12.43 or -1.08%	+1.88%
NASDAQ	2,287.99	-28.75 or -1.24%	+0.83%
TSX Composite	11,750.54	+65.17 or +0.56%	+0.04%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,855.08	-127.02 or -1.16%	+2.93%
Hang Seng	21,460.01	-194.15 or -0.90%	-1.89%
SENSEX	17,641.08	+86.78 or +0.49%	+1.01%
FTSE 100	5,494.39	+39.02 or +0.72%	+1.41%
CAC 40	3,977.46	+23.08 or +0.58%	+1.04%
DAX	5,918.55	+42.58 or +0.72%	-0.65%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.27	102.04	3.46
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.98	115.60	4.03
U.S. 10-year bond	97.55	97.50	3.67
U.S. 30-year bond	96.62	96.64	4.58

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9742	0.9714
US $	1.0265	1.0294

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6775	0.6756
Euro	1.4761	1.4802

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,137.50	$1,134.50

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$78.25	+$0.25 or +0.32%

(01/18/10)