P.M. market numbers: January 4, 2010

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The Toronto stock market kicked off 2010 trading with a solid advance as encouraging manufacturing data from the U.S. and China sent commodity prices higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 120.79 points to 11,866.9. The Institute for Supply Management’s U.S. manufacturing index rose to a better-than-expected 55.9 last month from 53.6 in November. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.

Other data showed China’s manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest rate in 20 months in December.

A weak U.S. dollar pushed the Canadian dollar up 0.87 of a cent to 96.02 cents US. Bullion moved ahead $22.10 to US$1,118.30 an ounce, while oil closed up $2.15 to US$81.51 a barrel.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 155.91 points to 10,583.96.

The Nasdaq composite index climbed 39.27 points to 2,308.42 and the S&P 500 index was 17.9 points higher at 1,133.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,583.96	+155.91 or +1.50%	+1.50%
S&P 500	1,132.99	+17.89 or +1.60%	+1.60%
NASDAQ	2,308.42	+39.27 or +1.73%	+1.73%
TSX Composite	11,866.90	+120.79 or +1.03%	+1.03%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,654.79	+108.35 or +1.03%	+1.03%
Hang Seng	21,823.28	-49.22 or -0.23%	-0.23%
SENSEX	17,558.73	+93.92 or +0.54%	+0.54%
FTSE 100	5,500.34	+87.46 or +1.62%	+1.62%
CAC 40	4,013.97	+77.64 or +1.97%	+1.97%
DAX	6,048.30	+90.87 or +1.53%	+1.53%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.23	101.21	3.59
Cdn. 30-year bond	114.85	115.35	4.09
U.S. 10-year bond	96.34	96.47	3.82
U.S. 30-year bond	95.62	96.00	4.65

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9602	0.9635
US $	1.0414	1.0379

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6663	0.6684
Euro	1.5008	1.4961

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,113.00	$1,121.50

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$81.56	+$2.20 or +2.77

(01/04/10)