P.M. market numbers: October 22, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed higher, led by gains in consumer and bank stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index finished up 91.35 points at 11,533.37.

Sentiment improved after Wal-Mart said it expects sales to increase one to two per cent for the current fiscal year and four to six per cent for next year.

Investors also drew encouragement from PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and Fifth Third Bancorp. Both U.S. banks said bad loans are not mounting as fast as they had been and that pushed financial stocks higher.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.16 of a cent to 95.44 cents US amid a warning from the Bank of Canada that it expects that the continuing strong dollar will undercut exports and hamper economic growth.

Oil prices backed away slightly from Wednesday’s close above US$81 a barrel, the highest level in a year, closing down 18 cents at US$81.19 a barrel.

New York markets turned higher as investors also liked the tone of the latest batch of earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 131.95 points to 10,081.31, the Nasdaq composite index was ahead 14.56 points to 2,165.29 and the S&P 500 was ahead 11.48 points to 1,092.88.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,081.31	+131.95 or +1.33%	+14.87%
S&P 500	1,092.91	+11.51 or +1.06%	+21.00%
NASDAQ	2,165.29	+14.56 or +0.68%	+37.30%
TSX Composite	11,533.37	+91.35 or +0.80%	+28.32%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,267.17	-66.22% or -0.64%	+15.89%
Hang Seng	22,210.52	-219.430% or -0.48%	+54.37%
SENSEX	16,789.74	-103.00% or -0.59%	+74.04%
FTSE 100	5,207.36	-50.49 or -0.96%	+17.44%
CAC 40	3,820.85	-52.37 or -1.35%	+18.73%
DAX	5,762.93	-70.56 or -1.21%	+19.81%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.44	102.56	3.45
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.80	117.95	3.94
U.S. 10-year bond	101.75	102.01	3.41
U.S. 30-year bond	104.50	105.01	4.23

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9543	0.9560
US $	1.0478	1.0460

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6351	0.6374
Euro	1.5746	1.5688

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1054.75	$1053.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$81.80	-$0.27 or -0.33%

(10/22/09)