Stock Markets/Investing

Equity markets south of the line found some strength in macroeconomic news during the reporting period Jan. 30-Feb. 5. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed 26.37 points to 1,446.99, for a gain …

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Strong contributions from the energy and materials sectors led the TSX Composite Index up 240.19 points to 12,945.96 over the Jan. 23-29 trading period.

With precious metal prices pretty much even on the week, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index made a 2% gain, closing up 58.63 points at 2,905.51 over the Jan. 23-29 trading session. Average daily …

Even though Jan. 25 produced a record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, stock markets in the United States were directionless during the trading period Jan. 23-29. The Dow finished at 12,490….

The TSX Composite Index fell 49.59 points to 12,705.77 over the Jan. 16-22 trading period, as material and industrial shares were off. Energy shares also factored into the decline, as the price of cru…

Despite some modest strengthening in gold, the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index shed 45.35 points over the Jan. 16-22 session to close at 2,846.88. Average daily trading vol…

United States equity markets got a trim, rather than a haircut, in the reporting period Jan. 16-22, during which the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index shrank 7.78 points, or 0.5% of value, to 1,422.95. …

Resource equities on the United States markets bounced back a bit in the holiday-shortened reporting period Jan. 9-12 after a devastating first week of 2007. While the broader market moved cautiously …

After ringing in the new year with a major dip, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index took back some ground on the back of gold’s recovery, gaining a couple of per cent to close the Jan. 9-15 sessio…

The partial recovery in prices for industrial metals from recent lows helped propel the S&P-TSX Composite Index upward over the Jan. 9-15 trading period, despite oil prices remaining low. The Comp…