P.M. market numbers: September 22, 2009

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The Toronto stock market ran ahead Tuesday in a broad-based advance led by mining and energy stocks as a weak U.S. dollar helped drive commodity prices higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 161.12 points to 11,585.73.

The TSX energy sector rose 1.93% as the October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.84 to US$71.55 a barrel

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.73 cent to 93.54 cents U.S. as Statistics Canada reported that retail sales fell 0.6% in July, led by a 3.4% drop in sales at gasoline stations as fuel prices dropped.

The December bullion contract on the Nymex rose $10.60 to US$1,015.50 an ounce, taking the gold sector up 1.3%.

New York markets also climbed despite some disappointing housing data.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 51.01 points to 9,829.87 as the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that house prices rose 0.3% in July from the prior month, but June’s price increase was revised down to 0.1% from 0.5%.

The housing index is still 4.2% below last year’s levels and 10.5% off its peak from April 2007.

The Nasdaq composite index advanced 8.26 points to 2,146.3 while the S&P 500 index was ahead seven points to 1,071.66 as investors also looked to the U.S. Federal Reserve, which started a two-day meeting on interest rates.

The Fed is widely expected to keep rates at their record low of near zero for the time being but investors will be looking for more signals from the central bank on the strength of a recovery.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,829.87	+51.01 or +0.52%	+12.00%
S&P 500	1,071.66	+7.00 or +0.66%	+18.64%
NASDAQ	2,146.30	+8.26 or +0.39%	+36.10%
TSX Composite	11,585.73	+161.12 or +1.41%	+28.91%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,370.54	-73.26 or -0.70%	+17.05%
Hang Seng	21,701.14	+228.29 or +1.06%	+50.83%
SENSEX	16,886.43	+145.13 or +0.87%	+75.04%
FTSE 100	5,142.60	+8.24 or +0.16%	+15.98%
CAC 40	3,823.52	+11.36 or +0.30%	+18.82%
DAX	5,709.38	+40.73 or +0.72%	+18.69%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.76	102.83	3.41
Cdn. 30-year bond	117.89	118.09	3.93
U.S. 10-year bond	101.50	101.30	3.45
U.S. 30-year bond	105.06	104.64	4.20

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9354	0.9271
US $	1.0691	1.0786

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6320	0.6317
Euro	1.5823	1.5831

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1015.75	$1014.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$71.55	+$1.84 or +2.64%

(09/22/09)