Investments

Market numbers: October 15, 2009

The Toronto stock market could be headed for a lower open amid flat oil prices ahead of the release of U.S. inventory data and investor disappointment with Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s investment banking revenue in the latest quarter. New York futures pointed to a lower open a day after positive earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase […]

By Staff |October 15, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: October 15, 2009

The Toronto stock market drifted to a lower finish Thursday even as oil hit a one-year high amid disappointment with earnings reports from two U.S. banking giants. The S&P/TSX composite index declined 28.27 points to 11,504.51.The loonie fell 0.81 of a cent to 96.67 cents U.S. after a weak U.S. dollar sent the loonie up […]

By Staff |October 15, 2009

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Market numbers: October 14, 2009

North American stock markets headed for an open well into positive territory Wednesday after chip giant Intel Corp. and American bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. delivered solid earnings reports. The Toronto market will particularly benefit from another spike in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial futures jumped 113 points to 9,922, the Nasdaq futures advanced […]

By Staff |October 14, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: October 14, 2009

The Toronto stock market cruised to a solid gain Wednesday and Dow Jones industrial average broke through the psychologically important 10,000 mark amid key earnings reports and a better than expected reading on retail sales in the United States. Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index closed up 119.24 points to 11,532.78, while the Dow Jones industrial average […]

By Staff |October 14, 2009

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