Toronto Stock Exchange Jan. 15-21
The TSX Composite Index hasn’t seen days this bad since 9/11. The index fell 1,500 points over the Jan. 15-21 trading period and commodities were caught up in the rout.
Stock Markets/Investing
U.S. Markets Jan. 15-18
U.S. markets were closed on Jan. 21 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, sparing the country’s equity markets from the massive global stock sell-off that roiled the world’s financial markets that d…
TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 15-21
Fallout from U.S. economic woes triggered precipitous drops in Canadian markets over the Jan. 15-21 trading session with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index plummeting 13.5%, or 379.3 points, to 2…
Editorial: World’s stock markets head south
Panic in the global stock markets gripped a little tighter during the week ended Jan. 19, the third trading week of 2008, and metal prices and mining stocks were swept along in the crowd’s rush for th…
Short Position Report (January 24, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions ou…
TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 8-14
Despite bullion prices soaring to new records above the US$900-per-oz. level, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index dipped a modest 1.42 points to close the Jan. 8-14 trading session at 2,818.56. Da…
U.S. Markets Jan. 8-14
Weak economic news continued to cause uncertainty in the financial markets and hint of a new interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting at the end of January. Despite the prevailing gloom…
Toronto Stock Exchange Jan. 8-14
With the looming threat of a slowdown south of the border, the TSX Composite Index recovered from a dip early in the trading period Jan. 8-14, gaining 80 points to finish at 13,698.28.
Toronto Stock Exchange Dec. 18-19
The TSX Composite Index rose 2.71 points over the shortened pre-Christmas trading period Dec 18-19, ending at 13,389.82.
U.S. Markets Dec. 18-19
Stock prices rose modestly during the abbreviated Dec. 18-19 trading session, despite anxieties over the economy and in particular about credit conditions. Reuters reported that the overall commercial…
TSX Venture Exchange Dec. 18-19
Over a truncated Dec. 18-19 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index lost 6.47 points, or 0.25%, closing at 2,601.48. Despite the looming Christmas lull, the average daily trading volu…
Toronto Stock Exchange Dec. 11-17
As the TSX Composite Index plunged 553.25 points, or nearly 4%, to 13,387.11 over the Dec. 11-17 trading period, the Bank of Canada moved to lower interest rates and improve liquidity with a $205-mill…