P.M. market numbers: October 2, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday and racked up its second weekly loss in a row as a string of disappointing economic reports was capped by a U.S. jobs report that widely missed expectations.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 113.43 points to 10,958.33 after the U.S. Labour Department reported that job losses came in at 263,000, far more than the approximately 180,000 that economists expected.

The main TSX index fell 254 points or 2.26% this week in the wake of a report showing Canadian economic growth flat at mid-summer, along with disappointing U.S. manufacturing and consumer sentiment reports. The data raised even more doubts that the surge in stocks since early March can be sustained.

The Canadian dollar headed higher, rising 0.17 of a cent to 92.38 cents US.

The financial sector was the leading decliner while the energy sector lost 1.17% as the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped 87 cents to US$69.95 a barrel.

U.S. markets were slightly lower as the Dow Jones industrials shed 21.91 points to 9,487.37 or a loss of 177.52 points or 1.83% this week. The Nasdaq composite index edged 9.37 points lower to 2,048.11, while the S&P 500 index lost 4.67 points to 1,025.18.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,487.67	-21.61 or -0.23%	+8.10%
S&P 500	1,025.21	-4.64 or -0.45%	+13.50%
NASDAQ	2,048.11	-9.37 or -0.46%	+29.87%
TSX Composite	10,958.33	-113.43 or -1.02%	+21.93%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	9,731.87	-246.77 or -2.47%	+9.85%
Hang Seng	20,375.49	-579.76 or -2.77%	+41.62%
SENSEX	17,134.55	+7.71 or +0.05%	+77.61%
FTSE 100	4,988.70	-59.11 or -1.17%	+12.51%
CAC 40	3,649.90	-70.87 or -1.90%	+13.42%
DAX	5,467.90	-86.65 or -1.56%	+13.67%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	104.03	104.05	3.26
Cdn. 30-year bond	119.99	120.30	3.82
U.S. 10-year bond	103.39	103.63	3.22
U.S. 30-year bond	108.59	109.34	4.00

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9237	0.9221
US $	1.0826	1.0845

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6338	0.6351
Euro	1.5779	1.5744

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$988.00	$1003.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$67.72	-$1.47 or -2.10%

(10/02/09)