P.M. market numbers: July 28, 2009

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

Investors pulled back on recent optimism and sent the Toronto stock market down nearly 200 points on Tuesday, motivated partly by weaker oil prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index backtracked 186.89 points to close at 10,570.54.

The Canadian dollar ended at 92.33 cents U.S., down 0.17 of a cent.

The TSX energy sector moved 1.9% lower as the light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $1.15 to US$67.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials closed down 11.79 points to 9,096.72.

The Nasdaq composite increased 7.62 points to 1,975.51 while the S&P 500 index gave back 2.56 points to 979.62.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,096.72	-11.79 or -0.13%	+3.65%
S&P 500	979.62	-2.56 or -0.26%	+8.46%
NASDAQ	1,975.51	+7.62 or +0.39%	+25.27%
TSX Composite	10,570.54	-186.89 or -1.74%	+17.61%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,087.26	-1.40 or -0.01%	+13.86%
Hang Seng	20,624.54	+372.92 or +1.84%	+43.35%
SENSEX	15,331.94	-43.10 or -0.28%	+58.92%
FTSE 100	4,528.84	-57.29 or -1.25%	+2.14%
CAC 40	3,330.97	-41.39 or -1.23%	+3.51%
DAX	5,174.74	-76.81 or -1.46%	+7.58%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.65	101.56	3.55
Cdn. 30-year bond	115.89	115.63	4.04
U.S. 10-year bond	95.42	95.19	3.69
U.S. 30-year bond	95.00	94.09	4.56

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9232	0.9250
US $	1.0831	1.0811

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6515	0.6496
Euro	1.5349	1.5394

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$955.00	$944.25

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$67.31	-$1.07 or -1.56%

(07/28/09)