P.M. market numbers: July 27, 2009

| North American markets | International markets | Bonds | Currency | Commodities |

Canada’s biggest banks and financial institutions gave the Toronto stock market a boost on Monday in an otherwise stagnant session.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended 69.53 points higher to 10,757.43, extending a positive streak that has also seen massive fluctuations of more than a thousand points over the past month.

The Canadian dollar closed at 92.50 cents U.S., up 0.16 of a cent. The loonie briefly rose to 92.78 cents in the morning, its highest level since last October. Over the past two weeks, the currency has risen about 5%.

The TSX energy sector gained 0.17% as the light, sweet crude for September delivery ended 33 cents higher to US$68.38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Gold stocks weakened 0.47 or cent while the August bullion contract increased 40 cents to US$953.50 an ounce on the Nymex.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,108.51	+15.27 or +0.17%	+3.78%
S&P 500	982.18	+2.92 or +0.30%	+8.74%
NASDAQ	1,967.89	+1.93 or +0.10%	+24.78%
TSX Composite	10,757.43	+69.53 or +0.65%	+19.69%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,088.66	+144.11 or +1.45%	+13.87%
Hang Seng	20,251.62	+268.83 or +1.35%	+40.76%
SENSEX	15,375.04	-3.92 or -0.03%	+59.37%
FTSE 100	4,586.13	+9.52 or +0.21%	+3.43%
CAC 40	3,372.36	+5.91 or +0.18%	+4.80%
DAX	5,251.55	+22.19 or +0.42%	+9.18%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.56	101.68	3.56
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.63	115.65	4.06
U.S. 10-year bond	95.19	95.63	3.71
U.S. 30-year bond	94.09	95.26	4.62

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9250	0.9232
US $	1.0811	1.0832

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6496	0.6494
Euro	1.5394	1.5399

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$956.00	$955.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$68.22	+$0.17 or +0.25%

(07/27/09)