P.M. market numbers: October 19, 2009

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The Toronto stock market has racked up a modest gain as further weakness in the U.S. dollar boosts commodity prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 33.63 points to 11,538.39 with support also coming from the banking sector.

The base metals group rose amid reassurances from a top Chinese economic official that the country would surpass its growth target of eight per cent this year.

The energy sector ended the day up slightly as the price of oil rose $1.08 to US$79.61 a barrel, building on gains from late last week when data showed an unexpected drawdown of gasoline inventories, pushing crude prices to their highest levels in a year.

A day before the Bank of Canada makes its next announcement on interest rates, weakness in the greenback sent the Canadian dollar up 0.83 cent to 97.15 cents US. The central bank is expected to leave its key rate unchanged at 0.25%.

New York markets were up sharply after a handful of earnings reports revived hopes that the economy is improving. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96.28 points to 10,092.19, the Nasdaq composite index moved 19.52 points higher to 2,176.32 while the S&P 500 index was up 10.23 points to 1,097.91.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,092.19	+96.28 or +0.96%	+14.99%
S&P 500	1,097.91	+10.23 or +0.94%	+21.55%
NASDAQ	2,176.32	+19.52 or +0.91%	+38.00%
TSX Composite	11,538.39	+33.63 or +0.29%	+28.38%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,236.51	-21.05 or -0.21%	+15.54%
Hang Seng	22,200.46	+270.56 or + 1.23%%	+54.30%
SENSEX	17,322.82	+127.62 or +0.74%	+79.56%
FTSE 100	5,281.54	+91.30 or +1.76%	+19.11%
CAC 40	3,892.36	+64.76 or +1.69%	+20.96%
DAX	5,852.56	+109.17 or +1.90%	+21.67%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.03	102.18	3.50
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.32	117.52	3.96
U.S. 10-year bond	102.06	101.81	3.37
U.S. 30-year bond	105.34	104.38	4.18

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9715	0.9632
US $	1.0293	1.0382

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6501	0.6472
Euro	1.5381	1.5450

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1054.50	$1050.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$79.31	+$0.78 or +0.99%

(10/19/09)