Stock Markets/Investing


Toronto Stock Exchange April 3-9

Metals and gold prices set the TSX Composite Index sailing to new records during the holiday-shortened trading period April 3-9. After hitting a benchmark of 13,448.31 on April 4, the TSX rose 316.83 …


TSX Venture Exchange April 3-9

Robust metal prices, fuelled by supply concerns, propelled the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index up 93.57 points to an almost 11-month high of 3,283.63 over the Easter holiday-shortened April 3-9 tr…


U.S. Markets April 3-9

Markets on the Hudson rose steadily but gently during the reporting period April 3-9, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 186.84 points, or 1.5%, to 12,569.14. There was little surprise in any of…




U.S. Markets March 27-April 2

United States stock markets spent much of the trading period March 27-April 2 treading water, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down fractionally. Gene…





U.S. Markets March 20-26

Takeover speculation in the U.S. auto sector and talk that General Motors could team up with others to buy Chrysler drove the Dow Jones up 242.90 points to 12,469.07 during the March 20-26 trading ses…


BY PAUL HARRISBarrick Gold has agreed to mine around three glaciers (one of which is pictured) that lie over gold-bearing property at the Pascua Lama gold project, which straddles Chile's Region III and Argentina's San Juan province. The decision cut reserves from 18.3 million oz. to 17 million oz., which means that 1.3 million oz. will be left in the ground.

Barrick high on Pascua Lama

SITE VISIT Pascua, Chile — After weathering a storm of protest about plans to move parts of three glaciers at its Pascua Lama gold-silver property on the Chile-Argentina border, Barrick…


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