P.M. market numbers: September 21, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed slightly lower Monday as investors took a break after sending the TSX up for a fourth week in a row.

The S&P/TSX composite index drifted 21.34 points lower to 11,424.61 after the main index ran ahead 193 points or 1.7% last week.

A stronger U.S. currency pushed the Canadian dollar down 0.67 of a cent to 92.81 cents US.

TSX losses were led by the telecom and gold sectors, while the energy sector was slightly higher even as the October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined $2.33 to US$69.71 a barrel.

New York markets were mainly lower as the Dow Jones industrials lost 41.34 points to 9,778.86 after the U.S. Conference’s Board’s forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 5.18 points to 2,138.04 as Dell said it will buy technology services company Perot Systems for about US$3.9 billion. The S&P 500 index lost 3.64 points to 1,064.66.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,778.86	-41.34 or -0.42%	+11.42%
S&P 500	1,064.66	-3.64 or -0.34%	+17.87%
NASDAQ	2,138.04	+5.18 or +0.24%	+35.57%
TSX Composite	11,424.61	-21.34 or -0.19%	+27.71%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,370.54	-73.26 or -0.70%	+17.05%
Hang Seng	21,472.85	-150.60 or -0.70%	+49.25%
SENSEX	16,741.30	+30.19 or +0.18%	+73.53%
FTSE 100	5,134.36	-38.53 or -0.74%	+15.79%
CAC 40	3,812.16	-15.68 or -0.41%	+18.46%
DAX	5,668.65	-35.18 or -0.62%	+17.85%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.83	102.94	3.40
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.09	118.39	3.92
U.S. 10-year bond	101.30	101.30	3.47
U.S. 30-year bond	104.64	104.69	4.22

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9271	0.9348
US $	1.0786	1.0697

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6317	0.6358
Euro	1.5831	1.5727

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$999.25	$997.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$69.45	$-2.590 or -3.60%

(09/21/09)