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Stock Markets/Investing
Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks
“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, told an audience at a mid-September Cambridge House conference in Toronto. “There is…
Plunging gold prices knock down the TSX, Sept.19-23
It was a horrendous trading week for the Canadian markets as prices for gold and silver crashed.
Wall Street was a sea of red, Sept. 19-23
It was a disastrous week on Wall Street as mounting fears about the possibility of a double-dip recession pummeled U.S. equities. Continued anxiety over debt in Europe and sobering comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve contributed to the…
Venture falls to 13-month low during Sept. 19-23
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Exchange Index lost a dismal 216.77 points during the Sept. 19-23 period, falling to a 13-month low at 1,534.18 points. The index declined on all five days as European debt worries and slower-than-expected…
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Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices
Tuesday, Sept 20, 2011
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept 19, 2011 (change from Sept 12 in brackets):
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$15,575.00/t
Daily metal prices
DateSept 19Sept 16Sept 15Sept 14Sept 13
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Sept. 19 Sept. 12ChangeChangeYTDMER*Assets*
North American stock exchange indices
DateSept 19Sept 16Sept 15Sept 14sept 13HighLow