Stock Markets/Investing

Stock markets in the United States took a break from setting records during the period May 21-26, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 9.37 points, or 0.6% of value, at 1,515.73 points.

The TSX Composite Index continued its skyward ascent over the holiday-shortened trading period of May 15 to 18. The TSX gained 1.4% and finished 202 points higher at 14,105.

Falling metal prices conspired to weigh the TSX Venture Index down 35.05 points, ending the holiday-shortened May 15-18 trading period at 3,274.6.

Stock markets advanced strongly in the United States during the May 15-21 trading period, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rising 1.5%, and the Dow to…

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U.S. dollar gains chipped away at precious metal prices, while copper also slipped over the May 8-14 trading session. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gave up 60.14 points over the period to cl…

In a trading period when U.S. equity markets moved generally sideways, the mining sectors headed both ways — the golds down, and the base metal and coal miners up. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index…

The takeover theme continued to dominate the market over the May 1-7 trading period, fuelling speculation that more Canadian companies will be targeted and driving the TSX Composite Index upwards. The…

Strong base and precious metals fuelled a bullish week for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which saw a gain of 103.87 points to close the May 1-7 trading session at a new high of 3,369.79. Av…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index experienced similar gains over the trading period of May 1-7: the NASDAQ increased by 1.8%, or 45.86 points, to 2,5…