P.M. market numbers: October 27, 2009

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The Toronto stock market sustained a sharp triple digit loss as investors took profits for a third straight day amid mixed earnings results and disappointing American consumer data. The S&P/TSX composite index tumbled 181.34 points, led by declines in mining, financial and industrial stocks.

The showing added up to a loss of 480 points over three sessions. But with the TSX still up almost 50% from the lows of early March, analysts weren’t surprised to see some retracement.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.08 of a cent to 93.8 cents US while oil gained 87 cents to US$79.55 a barrel.

The financials sector was the biggest TSX decliner.

New York indexes were mainly lower as investors balanced news that U.S. housing price drops are moderating with an unexpected slip in consumer confidence during October.

The Dow Jones industrial average edged 14.21 points higher to 9,882.17, the Nasdaq composite index slipped 25.76 points to 2,116.09 while the S&P 500 index lost 3.54 points to 1,063.41.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,882.17	+14.21 or +0.14%	+12.60%
S&P 500	1,063.41	-3.54 or -0.33%	+17.73%
NASDAQ	2,116.09	-25.76 or -1.20%	+34.18%
TSX Composite	11,053.54	-181.34 or -1.61%	+22.99%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,212.46	-150.16 or -1.45%	+15.27%
Hang Seng	22,169.59	-420.14 or -1.86%	+54.09%
SENSEX	16,353.40	-387.10 or -2.31%	+69.51%
FTSE 100	5,200.97	+9.23 or +0.18%	+17.29%
CAC 40	3,743.95	-0.50 or -0.01%	+16.35%
DAX	5,635.02	-7.14 or -0.13%	+17.15%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.23	101.78	3.47
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.05	116.45	3.98
U.S. 10-year bond	101.44	100.50	3.45
U.S. 30-year bond	103.68	102.06	4.28

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9380	0.9372
US $	1.0661	1.0670

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6341	0.6305
Euro	1.5770	1.5859

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1040.75	$1036.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$79.25	+$0.57 or +0.72%

(10/27/09)