Stock Markets/Investing

South of the border, stock markets rose during the period July 10-16, with market indexes setting year-long highs in the last three trading days of the period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (perhap…

Modest gains in gold, silver, lead and zinc more than offset a slip in copper and nickel prices over the July 10-16 trading session, driving the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index up 32.57 points to …

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The TSX Composite Index broke back through the 14,000-point threshold as it finished the July 3-9 trading period up 270.95 points at 14,177.52.

Strengthening gold, copper and lead prices lifted the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index 3% over the July 3-9 trading session, closing up 97.49 points at 3,271.88. Average daily trading volumes retra…

United States markets continued an upward trend over the four trading days between July 3 and July 9, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 making near-identical adva…

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The TSX Composite Index was up 64.71 points to 13,906.57 for the holiday-shortened June 26-29 trading period. Gains in the technology and financial sectors offset weaker performances in the materials …

The Federal Reserve Bank having put a hold on interest rates for the time being, United States stock markets rallied over the reporting period June 26-July 2 to recover most of the losses they suffere…

Despite a modest up-tick in gold and base metals, the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index closed out the Canada Day-shortened June 26-29 trading session on an off note, down 15…