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A slide in the price of oil early in week pulled the S&P-TSX Composite Index lower, but a rally in the price of nickel and gold helped fuel a comeback as it finished the Nov. 14-20 period up 107.2…

Range-bound precious metals coupled with a slight weakening in base metals pushed the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index down 18.39 points over the Nov. 14-20 trading session to close at 2,630.5. Ave…

U.S. equity markets went on a steady but unspectacular rise over the reporting period Nov. 14-20, helped by a decline in oil prices and by low inflation figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, whic…

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The proposed taxing of income trusts continued to hit energy stocks over the Nov. 7-13 trading session, but a rise in the price of crude oil helped the sector claw back some of its losses. The TSX Com…

Interest rate speculation and the impact of U.S. mid-term elections weighed heavily on the minds of investors during the Nov. 7-13 trading session, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 26.33 po…

Steady gold and weakening copper prices marked a fairly static week for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the Nov. 7-13 trading session, inching down 5.06 points to 2,648.89. Average daily …

A more than US$20 jump in spot gold to around US$626 per oz. gave the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index a boost over the Oct. 31-Nov. 6 trading session; it closed up 3.7%, or 94.22 points, at 2,653….

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Halloween announcement of changes to the tax treatment of income trusts was the “boo” heard round the markets during the reporting period Oct. 31-Nov. 6. A previously s…