P.M. market numbers: October 15, 2009

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The Toronto stock market drifted to a lower finish Thursday even as oil hit a one-year high amid disappointment with earnings reports from two U.S. banking giants.

The S&P/TSX composite index declined 28.27 points to 11,504.51.The loonie fell 0.81 of a cent to 96.67 cents U.S. after a weak U.S. dollar sent the loonie up a full cent on Wednesday.

The energy sector in Toronto ticked 0.43% higher as the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $2.40 to US$77.58 a barrel.

Oil prices took off after the U.S. Department of Energy reported that crude inventories rose by 400,000 barrels last week but gasoline levels dropped by 5.2 million barrels at a time when most energy experts expected supplies to grow yet again.

However the gold sector fell 1.68% as the December bullion contract on the Nymex eased $14.10 to US$1,050.60.

In New York, Goldman Sachs reported a third-quarter profit of US$3.19 billion, or US$5.25 per share, beating analyst estimates.

However, investors were disappointed as revenue from the investment bank’s mergers and acquisitions operations dipped sharply from the previous quarter, reflecting the general slowness in takeover activity, and its shares lost $3.65 to US$188.63.

The Dow Jones industrials gained 47.08 points to 10,062.94. The Nasdaq composite index added 1.06 points to 2,173.29, while the S&P 500 index moved ahead 4.54 points to 1,096.56.

On the economic front, Statistics Canada reported that declines in the aerospace and vehicle manufacturing segments were largely responsible for a 2.1% drop in manufacturing sales in August. The dip followed a 5.2% gain in July.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,062.94	+47.08 or +0.47%	+14.66%
S&P 500	1,096.56	+4.54 or +0.42%	+21.40%
NASDAQ	2,173.29	+1.06 or +0.05%	+37.81%
TSX Composite	11,504.51	-28.27 or -0.25%	+28.00%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,238.65	+178.44 or +1.77%	+15.57%
Hang Seng	21,999.08	+112.60 or +0.51%	+52.90%
SENSEX	17,195.20	-35.91 or -0.21%	+78.24%
FTSE 100	5,222.95	-33.15 or -0.63%	+17.79%
CAC 40	3,883.83	+1.16 or +0.03%	+20.69%
DAX	5,830.77	-23.37 or -0.40%	+21.22%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	101.66	101.83	3.54
Cdn. 30-year bond	116.75	117.00	3.99
U.S. 10-year bond	101.39	101.72	3.46
U.S. 30-year bond	103.37	103.87	4.30

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9747	0.9747
US $	1.0345	1.0259

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6534	0.6534
Euro	1.5452	1.5305

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1052.50	$1053.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$77.51	+$2.33 or +3.10%

(10/15/09)