P.M. market numbers: September 8, 2009

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

The Toronto stock market closed at its highest level of the year as a weak U.S. dollar sent oil and metal prices higher.

There was also optimism over a weekend pledge by the world’s 20 biggest economies to support the global recovery with stimulus efforts.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 87.83 points at 11,105.3, as a weak U.S. dollar also lifted the loonie, which ran ahead 0.62 cents to 92.64 cents U.S.

The TSX energy sector was up 2.45 with the October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange ahead $3.08 to US$71.10 a barrel.

The gold sector was down 1.23 as the December bullion contract ran up $3.10 to US$999.80 an ounce, well off early highs of US$1,009.70.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 56.07 points at 9,497.34 . The Nasdaq composite index gained 18.99 points to 2,037.77 while the S&P 500 index rose 8.98 points to 1,025.38.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	9,497.34	+56.07 or +0.59%	+8.21%
S&P 500	1,025.39	+8.99 or +0.88%%	+13.52%
NASDAQ	2,037.77	+18.99 or +0.94%	+29.22%
TSX Composite	11,105.30	+87.83 or +0.80%	+23.56%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,393.23	+72.29 or +0.70%	+17.31%
Hang Seng	21,069.81	+440.50 or +2.14%	+46.45%
SENSEX	16,123.67	+107.35 or +0.67%	+67.13%
FTSE 100	4,947.34	+14.16 or +0.29%	+11.57%
CAC 40	3,660.96	+8.13 or +0.22%	+13.77%
DAX	5,481.73	+18.22 or +0.33%	+13.96%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	102.93	103.46	3.39
Cdn. 30-year bond	118.14	119.19	3.92
U.S. 10-year bond	101.28	102.39	3.47
U.S. 30-year bond	103.18	105.75	4.31

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9264	N/A
US $	1.0794	N/A

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6389	N/A
Euro	1.5651	N/A

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1004.50	$1000.75

Oil	Close	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$71.26	+$3.24 or +4.76%

(09/08/09)