P.M. numbers for February 5, 2010

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The Toronto stock market ended higher amid investor turmoil over doubts that European countries can get their massive deficits under control and mixed employment news.

Surging gold stocks helped the S&P/TSX composite index come back from a triple digit slide to close up 94.36 points at 11,223.12.

The U.S. non-farm payrolls report for January said the American economy shed another 20,000 jobs. But the jobless rate moved down three-tenths of a point to 9.7%.

Canadian data showed the addition of 43,000 new jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate down by one-tenth of a point to 8.3%.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.24 of a cent to 93.46 cents, while the price of oil dropped $1.95 to US$71.19 a barrel.

New York’s Dow Jones industrials gained 10.05 points to 10,012.23, the Nasdaq composite index was 15.69 points higher at 2,141.12 and the S&P 500 index advanced 3.08 points to 1,066.19.

(The Canadian Press)

North American markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Dow Jones	10,012.23	+10.05 or +0.10%	-3.99%
S&P 500	1,066.19	+3.08 or +0.29%	-4.39%
NASDAQ	2,141.12	+15.69 or +0.74%	-5.64%
TSX Composite	11,223.12	+94.36 or +0.85%	-4.45%

International markets

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	Close	Change	YTD
Nikkei	10,057.09	-298.89 or -2.89%	-4.64%
Hang Seng	19,665.08	-676.56 or -3.33%	-10.09%
SENSEX	15,790.93	-434.02 or -2.68%	-9.58%
FTSE 100	5,060.92	-78.39 or -1.53%	-6.50%
CAC 40	3,563.76	-125.49 or -3.40%	-9.46%
DAX	5,434.34	-98.90 or -1.79%	-8.78%

Bonds

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Bonds	$Current	$Previous	%Yield
Cdn. 10-year bond	103.17	103.17	3.35
Cdn. 30-year bond	116.67	116.75	3.99
U.S. 10-year bond	98.50	98.21	3.56
U.S. 30-year bond	97.76	97.50	4.51

Currency

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BoC Close	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.9346	0.9315
US $	1.0699	1.0735

Euro Spot Rate	Today	Previous
Canadian $	0.6848	0.6833
Euro	1.4602	1.4634

Commodities

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Gold	AM	PM
London Gold Fix ($US)	$1,052.25	$1052.25

Oil	Open	Change
WTI Crude Future (US)	$71.87	-$1.27 or -1.74%

(02/05/10)