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A.M. market numbers for January 21, 2010

The Toronto stock market could start Friday lower as commodity prices pull back and investors take in better than expected earnings from General Electric and Google. The Canadian dollar was down 0.29 of a cent to 94.82 cents US early Friday morning. U.S. futures were mostly flat as Wall Street tries to find footing sustaining […]

By Staff |January 22, 2010

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P.M. market numbers for January 22, 2010

The Toronto stock market fell sharply Friday, its third consecutive decline as investors worried about the repercussions of proposed new regulations in the U.S. financial sector and moves by China to tighten lending. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 125.67 points to 11,343.43 for a loss of 341.94 points or 2.9% this week. The TSX financial […]

By Staff |January 22, 2010

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P.M. market numbers for January 21, 2010

The Toronto stock market tumbled Thursday over another round of concerns about tightening credit in China and proposals to impose tougher regulations on U.S. banks. "We’ve run a big rally here," said Sid Mokhtari, market technician at CIBC World Markets. "We shouldn’t be panicking by any means. It’s more of a backing and filling (by […]

By Staff |January 21, 2010

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A.M. market numbers: January 20, 2009

World markets dropped Wednesday, led by a near 3 per cent tumble in Shanghai’s stock benchmark, as investors fretted about new curbs on the lavish bank lending that has driven China’s economic revival. The losses came despite Wall Street’s gains on Tuesday, where the Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.1 per cent to a 15-month […]

By Staff |January 20, 2010

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