TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3

Mining stocks helped boost the S&P-TSX Composite Index over the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading period. The TSX rose nearly 14% or 1,284 points to 9,721, giving investors some hope that we’ve reached the bottom — at least for now.

The Capped Metals and Mining Index jumped 23% to close at 357 points, while the Global Gold Index gained more than 19% to nearly 188 points and spot gold closed at US$720 per oz., staying relatively flat.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan benefited from the recovery and came out as the top gainer by value. Shares were up $20.80 to close at $102.60 per share. The fertilizer giant was hit with a price target from analysts including UBS Securities, which maintained its buy rating but dropped 12-month targets to $130 from $150.

Fertilizer sister Agrium was next in line, rising $11.17 to finish the period at $46.17 per share. Zacks Equity Research named Agrium as the Bull of the Day on Halloween, for its organic growth and growth through acquisition. The company was given a buy rating with a target of $90 per share.

Agnico-Eagle Mines shares were in the No. 3 spot, up $5.76 per share to $11.17. Agnico earned US$14 million in the third quarter, up 21.7% thanks to foreign currency translation gains and higher gold prices and production. The company produced nearly 69,000 oz. gold, up 23% over the same period last year, and received an average price of US$903 per oz. compared with US$748 per oz. during the same period last year. At the same time, cash costs were US$240 per oz., a big change from the negative US$307 per oz. a year earlier, due mostly to plunging zinc prices.

Finally on the losing end was Horizons Global Gold Bear Plus exchange-traded fund, which is designed to do well when the markets are plunging. The fund fell $6.93 to $11.32, and was at a 52-week low of $7.22 in mid-July, reaching a new high of $21.01 on Oct. 24.

Yamana Gold shares rose $1.01 to $5.75 on a trading volume of nearly 40 million shares, making it the most actively traded stock of the week. Uranium One followed with 35.2 million shares traded, gaining 38 to $1.02, while Teck gained $1.24, putting shares at $12 apiece. Bad weather forced Teck to declare force majeure on shipments of lead and zinc concentrate from its Red Dog open-pit mine in Alaska. The shorter-than-usual shipping season means the company won’t be able to ship about 20,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate and 1,100 tonnes of lead in concentrate.

Peregrine Diamonds shares did well on a percentage basis, rising 86.3% to 41. The company reported finding diamonds at its Chidliak property on Baffin Island in the CH-2 and CH-3 kimberlites and new results from the CH-1 kimberlite, which show a coarse diamond size distribution.

TSX most active issues
		VOLUME	WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Yamana Gold	YRI	39996	6.27	4.75	5.75	+ 1.01
Uranium One	UUU	35228	1.15	0.60	1.02	+ 0.38
Teck B	TCKB	34454	13.50	10.76	12.00	+ 1.24
HoriznsGBull	HGU	33498	6.87	4.31	5.95	+1.57
KinrossGold	K	29208	13.77	9.90	12.55	+2.54
Eastern Platin	ELR	28944	0.44	0.34	0.36	-0.03
Barrick Gold	ABX	27292	29.88	23.16	27.56	+ 5.05
Goldcorp	G	23205	25.15	18.76	22.54	+ 3.79
Frontera Coppr	FCC	18643	0.50	0.22	0.37	+ 0.12
Lundin Mng	LUN	18561	1.99	1.25	1.80	+ 0.48

TSX greatest percentage change
		VOLUME	WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
St Andrew Gldf	SAS	7517	0.20	0.08	0.20	+150.0
Revett Mnls	RVM	4123	0.25	0.10	0.23	+109.0
Great Panther	GPR	1517	0.42	0.18	0.41	+ 95.2
Carpathian Gld	CPN	1723	0.25	0.09	0.19	+ 90.0
Asbestos Corp	AB	26	0.20	0.10	0.19	+ 90.0
Lydian Intl	LYD	58	0.28	0.12	0.28	+ 86.6
Peregrine Diam	PGD	599	0.45	0.24	0.41	+ 86.3
Avalon Vent	AVL	128	0.90	0.41	0.80	+ 81.8
Ur-Energy	URE	3382	0.65	0.38	0.64	+ 77.7
Teal Expl & Mg	TL	82	0.40	0.24	0.28	+ 75.0
Avnel Gold	AVK	2589	0.10	0.03	0.03	-78.5
Colombia Goldf	GOL	185	0.12	0.04	0.04	-60.0
Arehada Mining	AHD	643	0.05	0.03	0.04	-42.8
Horizns G Bear	HGD	4307	17.90	10.04	11.32	-37.9
GLR Res	GRS	1472	0.04	0.01	0.02	-33.3
Pure Diam Expl	PUG	355	0.04	0.03	0.03	-25.0
Foraco Intl	FAR	23	1.21	0.86	0.91	-24.7
Atlanta Gold	ATG	43	0.30	0.17	0.24	-22.5
Coalcorp Mng	CCJ	551	1.01	0.60	0.72	-20.8
Delta Uran	DUR	132	0.10	0.08	0.08	-20.0

TSX greatest value change
WEEK
		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Potash Cp Sask	POT	12320204	102.60	+ 20.80
Agrium	AGU	10553022	46.17	+ 11.17
Agnico-Eagle	AEM	7536416	33.26	+ 5.76
First Quantum	FM	3628300	25. 40	+ 5.40
Barrick Gold	ABX	27291918	27.56	+ 5.05
Royal Gold	RGL	16609	34.84	+ 4.97
Franco-Nevada	FNV	1738886	17.27	+ 4.37
Goldcorp	G	23204702	22.54	+ 3.79
Newmont Mng	NMC	82088	31.61	+ 3.47
Cameco Corp	CCO	6818674	19.73	+ 3.32
IShCOMEXGTr	IGT	173007	85.68	-7.30
Horizns G Bear	HGD	4306948	11.32	-6.93
Central Gold-T	GTU_U	23058	38.26	-1.34
Imperial Metal	III	272583	2.29	-0.47
Solitario Res	SLR	40245	2.40	-0.40
Gammon Gold	GAM	4891957	4.04	-0.34
Foraco Intl	FAR	22802	0.91	-0.30
Central Fund	CEFA	590683	10.65	-0.28
Centerra Gold	CG	2243300	1.05	-0.25
Cardero Res	CDU	924589	1.62	-0.24