P.M. market numbers: January 28, 2010

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A combination of earnings disappointments and poor U.S. economic data helped push the Toronto stock market lower.

The market had little time to react to the U.S. Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second, four-year term. The results came in about one minute before the 4 p.m. EST close.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 69.91 points to 11,274.2 while the Canadian dollar moved down 0.13 of a cent to 93.79 cents US.

Oil slipped three cents to US$73.60 a barrel.

New York markets also fell as the number of U.S. workers claiming unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, while the December durable goods reading also disappointed.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 115.7 points to 10,120.46, the Nasdaq composite index declined 42.41 points to 2,179 while the S&P 500 index backed away 12.97 points to 1,084.53.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,120.46	-115.70 or -1.13%	-2.95%
S&P 500	1,084.53	-12.97 or -1.18%	-2.74%
NASDAQ	2,179.00	-42.41 or -1.91%	-3.97%
TSX Composite	11,265.51	-78.60 or -0.69%	-4.09%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,414.29	+162.21 or +1.58%	-1.25%
Hang Seng	20,356.37	+323.30 or +1.61%	-6.93%
SENSEX	16,306.87	+17.05 or +0.10%	-6.63%
FTSE 100	5,145.74	-71.73 or -1.37%	-4.94%
CAC 40	3,688.79	-71.01 or -1.89%	-6.29%
DAX	5,540.33	-102.87 or -1.82%	-7.00%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.35	103.27	3.33
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.60	117.60	3.94
U.S. 10-year bond	97.75	97.78	3.65
U.S. 30-year bond	96.94	97.05	4.56

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9379	0.9392
US $	1.0662	1.0647

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6713	0.6698
Euro	1.4896	1.4929

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,091.75	$1,088.00

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$73.81	+$0.14 or +0.19%

(01/28/10)