P.M. market numbers: October 5, 2009

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The Toronto stock market ended Monday with a triple-digit gain as investors responded positively to data that showed a U.S. economic recovery may indeed be gathering speed.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 144.29 points to 11,102.62, while the Canadian dollar headed higher, rising 1.07 of a cent to 93.45 cents U.S.

The U.S. Institute for Supply Management said that its services index rose to 50.9 in September from 48.4 in August. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a reading of 50, the dividing line between growth and contraction.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 112.08 points to 9,599.75.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 20.04 points to 2,068.15 while the S&P 500 index climbed 15.25 points to 1,040.46.

The TSX energy sector moved ahead 1.8% as the November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 46 cents to US$70.41 a barrel.

The gold sector led gains as the October bullion contract gained $13.50 to US$1,016.70.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,599.75	+112.08 or +1.18%	+9.38%
S&P 500	1,040.46	+15.25 or +1.49%	+15.19%
NASDAQ	2,068.15	+20.04 or +0.98%	+31.14%
TSX Composite	11,102.62	+144.29 or +1.32%	+23.53%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	9,674.49	-57.38 or -0.59%	+9.20%
Hang Seng	20,429.07	+53.58 or +0.26%	+41.99%
SENSEX	16,866.41	-268.14 or -1.56%	+74.83%
FTSE 100	5,024.33	+35.63 or +0.71%	+13.31%
CAC 40	3,675.01	+25.11 or +0.69%	+14.20%
DAX	5,508.85	+40.95 or +0.75%	+14.52%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	104.25	104.03	3.23
Cdn. 30-year bond	120.40	119.99	3.80
U.S. 10-year bond	103.43	103.39	3.21
U.S. 30-year bond	108.47	108.59	4.01

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9344	0.9237
US $	1.0701	1.0826

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6377	0.6338
Euro	1.5680	1.5779

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1004.25	$1005.50

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$70.33	+$0.38 or +0.54%

(10/05/09)