P.M. market numbers: July 31, 2009

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

The Toronto stock market ended Friday up more than 100 points as investors found motivation in stronger commodities prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 110.43 points to 10,787.15 while the Canadian dollar was at 92.81 cents US, up 0.58 of a cent.

The TSX gold sector led gains, up 3.6% as bullion for December rose $18.50 to close at US$955.80 on the Nymex.

Energy stocks were ahead one per cent as the September crude delivery moved ahead $2.51 to US$69.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials were ahead 17.15 points to 9,171.61, closing out its best month of gains since 2002.

The Nasdaq composite slid 5.80 points to 1,978.50 while the S&P 500 index shifted up 0.73 of a point to 987.48.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,171.61	+17.15 or +0.19%	+4.50%
S&P 500	987.48	+0.73 or +0.07%	+9.33%
NASDAQ	1,978.50	-5.80 or -0.29%	+25.46%
TSX Composite	10,787.15	+110.43 or +1.03%	+20.02%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,356.83	+191.62 or +1.89%%	+16.90%
Hang Seng	20,573.33	+339.25 or +1.68%	+42.99%
SENSEX	15,670.31	+282.35 or +1.83%	+62.43%
FTSE 100	4,608.36	-23.25 or -0.50%	+3.93%
CAC 40	3,426.27	-9.22 or -0.27%	+6.47%
DAX	5,332.14	-28.52 or -0.53%	+10.85%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.50	101.58	3.45
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.75	115.89	3.94
U.S. 10-year bond	97.09	96.00	3.48
U.S. 30-year bond	99.22	97.21	4.30

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9281	0.9222
US $	1.0775	1.0844

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6512	0.6556
Euro	1.5357	1.5254

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$936.50	$939.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$69.31	+$2.37 or +3.54%

(07/31/09)