P.M. market numbers: November 19, 2009

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

The Toronto stock market finished lower on worries about the pace of an economic rebound, downgrades in the tech sector and concerns about financial stocks amid moves to raise more capital.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 52.39 points at 11,600.3 as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development increased its forecast for economic growth in 2010 in its 30 member countries, but cautioned that any recovery will be slow because of high unemployment.

Financials moved down after Manulife Financial said it is raising $2.5 billion to restore its balance sheet. The company will issue about 132 million shares at $19 each. Its shares fell $1.23 or 6.1% to $18.95.

The tech sector was down after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded eight microchip companies, including Intel and Texas Instruments, because of worries that inventories are too high.

The Canadian dollar gave back 0.8 cents to 94.03 cents US, while oil fell $2.12 to US$77.46 a barrel. Gold ticked 70 cents higher to a record close of US$1,141.90 an ounce.

New York’s Dow Jones industrial average was down 93.87 points to 10,332.44, the Nasdaq composite index declined 36.32 points to 2,156.82 and the S&P 500 index fell 14.9 points to 1,094.9.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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Dow Jones	10,332.44	-93.87 or -0.90%	+17.73%
S&P 500	1,094.90	-14.90 or -1.34%	+21.22%
NASDAQ	2,156.82	-36.32 or -1.66%	+36.76%
TSX Composite	11,600.30	-52.39 or -0.45%	+29.07%

International markets

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	Open	Change	YTD
Nikkei	9,549.47	-127.33 or -1.32%	+7.79%
Hang Seng	22,643.16	-197.17 or -0.86%	+57.38%
SENSEX	16,785.65	-213.13 or -1.25%	+73.99%
FTSE 100	5,267.70	-74.43 or -1.39%	+18.80%
CAC 40	3,760.22	-67.94 or -1.77%	+16.85%
DAX	5,702.18	-85.43 or -1.48%	+18.54%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.03	102.84	3.38
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.18	117.85	3.91
U.S. 10-year bond	100.28	100.09	3.34
U.S. 30-year bond	101.67	101.31	4.28

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9403	0.9514
US $	1.0635	1.0511

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6303	0.6339
Euro	1.5866	1.5774

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,136.00	$1,135.50

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$77.72	-$1.86 or -2.34%

(11/19/09)