P.M. market numbers: January 19, 2009

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Rising mining stocks pushed the Toronto stock market to a slight gain. Investors also took in news that the Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate at 0.25%.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 12.88 points to 11,763.42. The Canadian dollar was down 0.4 of a cent to 97.02 cents US.

Oil prices gained $1.02 to US$79.02 a barrel.

Health stocks helped push New York markets higher. Investors hope that a special election in Massachusetts will take away power from Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care.

New York’s Dow Jones industrial average jumped 115.78 points to 10,725.43, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 32.41 points to 2,320.4 and the S&P 500 index was ahead 14.2 points to 1,150.23.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,725.43	+115.78 or +1.09%	+2.85%
S&P 500	1,150.02	+13.99 or +1.23%	+3.13%
NASDAQ	2,320.40	+32.41 or +1.42%	+2.26%
TSX Composite	11,757.75	+7.21 or +0.06%	+0.10%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,764.90	-90.18 or -0.83%	+2.07%
Hang Seng	21,677.98	+217.97 or +1.02%	-0.89%
SENSEX	17,486.06	-155.02 or -0.88%	+0.12%
FTSE 100	5,513.14	+18.75 or +0.34%	+1.85%
CAC 40	4,009.67	+32.21 or +0.81%	+1.86%
DAX	5,976.48	+57.93 or +0.98%	+0.32%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.18	102.27	3.48
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.75	115.98	4.04
U.S. 10-year bond	97.28	97.55	3.70
U.S. 30-year bond	96.38	96.62	4.60

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9702	0.9742
US $	1.0307	1.0265

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6784	0.6775
Euro	1.4741	1.4761

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,134.00	$1,133.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$78.89	+$0.89 or +1.14%

(01/19/10)