China’s slowed growth hurts TSX, April 9-13
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slid for the seventh week, ending April 9-13 down 63 points at 12,040.39 as investors assessed China’s growth data and Europe’s continuing debt crisis.
Stock Markets/Investing
U.S. equities post back-to-back weekly losses
U.S. stocks recorded their worst weekly loss since the middle of December with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 210.55 points or 1.61% to finish the Apr. 9-13 trading week at 12,849.59 and the S&P 500 index retreating 27.82 points…
Market news
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 5, 2012 (change from March 29 in brackets):
Daily metal prices
Date Apr 9 Apr 6 Apr 5 Apr 4 Apr 3
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Apr. 9 Apr. 2 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
North American stock exchange indices
Date Apr 9 Apr 6 Apr 5 Apr 4 Apr 3 High Low
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
GFMS Survey: Investors hold the key to gold price
The publication of the Thomson Reuters GFMS Gold survey is a much anticipated event amongst gold investors.
TSX down as commodities continue to slide
The TSX Composite Index was off 278 points to 12,103.11 for the holiday shortened April 2 -5 period despite a solid job creation report from Statistics Canada. The report showed far more jobs were created in March than economists had predicted.
Venture drops in April 2-5 period
VANCOUVER — The shortened April 2 to 5 trading period was not kind to the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index, which dropped 85.35 points to end at 1,481.04 points. The drop effectively put the index back where it was at the beginning of…