P.M. market numbers: September 4, 2009

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The Toronto stock market closed higher thanks to gains in energy and financial stocks as investors reacted to better than expected August job reports.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 95.98 points to 11,017.47 as the Canadian economy added 27,100 jobs in August. The showing was much better than the loss of 22,000 jobs that economists had expected.

The suggestion the Canadian economy is emerging from recession set the Canadian dollar ahead 1.38 cents to 92.02 cents U.S.

The energy sector made headway as the price of oil inched up six cents to US$68.02 a barrel.

New York markets also racked up solid advances as the U.S. economy lost 216,000 jobs last month against estimates of around 225,000.

The Dow Jones industrial average was 96.66 points higher at 9,441.27. The Nasdaq composite index moved up 35.58 points to 2,018.78, while the S&P 500 index added 13.16 points to 1,016.4.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,441.27	+96.66 or +1.03%	+7.58%
S&P 500	1,016.40	+13.16 or +1.31%	+12.53%
NASDAQ	2,018.78	+35.58or +1.79%	+28.01%
TSX Composite	11,017.47	+95.98 or +0.88%	+22.58%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,187.11	-27.53 or -0.27%	+14.98%
Hang Seng	20,318.62	+556.94 or +2.82%	+41.22%
SENSEX	15,689.12	+290.79 or +1.89%	+62.63%
FTSE 100	4,851.70	+54.95 or +1.15%	+9.42%
CAC 40	3,598.76	+45.25 or +1.27%	+11.83%
DAX	5,384.43	+83.01 or +1.57%	+11.94%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.16	103.46	3.37
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.79	119.19	3.89
U.S. 10-year bond	101.52	102.39	3.44
U.S. 30-year bond	103.75	105.75	4.27

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9202	0.9064
US $	1.0867	1.1033

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6440	0.6359
Euro	1.5527	1.5725

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$989.00	$983.00

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$67.80	-$0.16 or -0.24%

(09/04/09)