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Major gold miners on an uptick
As fresh sovereign debt crises unfold and fears mount over a possible second recession, investors continue to look to gold as a leading safe-haven investment.
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at July 31/11 (with changes from July…
Global market downturn hits Toronto hard
The holiday shortened Aug. 2 -5 period may have been brief but it didn’t lack drama. The TSX Composite Index suffered its greatest fall since the recession of 2008 as the Index lost 1,267 points to finish at 11,743.77 points. And the downward…
Venture drops sharply Aug. 2-5
Junior explorers listed on the S&P TSX Venture Exchange fell sharply in the lead-up to the last-minute agreement by American politicians to raise the United States’ debt ceiling, with the index closing down 167.36 points or 9.1% over the…
U.S. equities plunged, Aug. 1-5
U.S. equities had started to crater days before Standard and Poor’s stripped the U.S. of its Triple A rating after markets closed on Friday Aug. 5. On Thursday Aug. 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest point drop since…
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Spot prices
Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug 1, 2011 (change from July 25 in brackets):