Stock Markets/Investing

Lower oil prices and a hurricane season that wasn’t as bad as feared kept trading activity on U.S. markets bubbling over the trading period Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 10…

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The TSX composite index was up 30.42 over the Aug. 22-28 period to 12,167.35. The gain came in spite of declines in the energy and mining sectors, as the index was buoyed by strength in the tech secto…

On steady base and precious metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index delivered an impressive 2.9% gain over the Aug. 22-28 trading period to close up 75.81 points at 2.692.88. Average dai…

With consumer confidence falling to 9-month lows and summer winding to a close, trading activity on U.S. markets was relatively flat over the report period Aug. 22-28. The Standard & Poor’s 500 In…

Board-room growth appears to be finding more favour these days than drill-bit growth, at least among companies listed on the senior North American exchanges. That’s less the case on the TSX Venture Ex…

Energy and metals stocks lifted the S&P-TSX Composite Index 286.77 points to 12,136.93 over the Aug. 15-21 session. Gold rose as high as US$630 per oz. during the period, ahead of Iran’s declarati…

Stock markets south of the line were buoyant over the reporting period Aug. 15-21, as economic and statistical news from the U.S. government suggested a gentle economic slowdown and the likelihood tha…

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The TSX finished the Aug. 8-14 period down 86.52 points to 11,850.16 with falling metal and oil prices labelled the main culprit….

A slight sag in gold and copper prices over the week was matched by a 43.33-point decline in the junior mining dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which closed the Aug. 8-14 trading session…

U.S. markets showed some signs of upward momentum as fears eased over inflation and whether the Federal Reserve’s pause in interest rate hikes would be short-lived. Investors seem more confident that…