P.M. market numbers: September 28, 2009

| North American markets | International markets | Bonds | Currency | Commodities |

The Toronto stock market closed higher Monday following three straight declines.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 126.33 points to 11,338.72, recapturing about half of last week’s decline that arose from doubts about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery.

Energy stocks advanced as oil gained 82 cents to US$66.84 a barrel after losing almost nine per cent last week, while the Canadian dollar was up 0.34 of a cent to 91.94 cents US.

New York markets also moved ahead amid major merger and acquisition news. Xerox Corp. is buying the business processing company Affiliated Computer Services for about US$5.75 billion while Abbott Laboratories said it would buy the pharmaceutical business of Belgian chemicals maker Solvay for US$6.6 billion.

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 124.17 points to 9,789.36, while the Nasdaq composite index climbed 39.82 points to 2,130.74 and the S&P 500 index gained 18.6 points to 1,062.98.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,789.36	+124.17 or +1.28%	+11.54%
S&P 500	1,062.98	+18.60 or +1.78%	+17.68%
NASDAQ	2,130.74	+39.82 or +1.90%	+35.11%
TSX Composite	11,338.72	+126.33 or +1.13%	+26.16%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,009.52	-256.46 or -2.50%	+12.98%
Hang Seng	20,588.41	-435.99 or -2.07%	+43.10%
SENSEX	16,693.00	-88.43 or -0.53%	+73.03%
FTSE 100	5,165.70	+83.50 or +1.64%	+16.50%
CAC 40	3,825.00	+85.86 or +2.30%	+18.86%
DAX	5,736.31	+154.90 or +2.78%	+19.25%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.48	103.33	3.33
Cdn. 30-year bond	119.32	119.10	3.86
U.S. 10-year bond	102.92	102.50	3.28
U.S. 30-year bond	108.19	106.87	4.03

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9195	0.9160
US $	1.0875	1.0917

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6296	0.6244
Euro	1.5883	1.6015

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$990.50	$991.75

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$67.07	+$1.05 or +1.59%

(09/28/09)