Lending Rates (February 23, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Feb. 17, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 1.25 Target overnight rate 1.00 Canadian Prime 3.00 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
2009
Colombia Proving Golden For Ventana
VANCOUVER — An intense three-year drilling effort in Colombia keeps returning bonanza gold grades for Ventana Gold (VEN-T).
Gold Hawk Restructures Debt
Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V, CGHRF-O) has restructured its debt in the nick of time.
Court Blocks Rusoro Bid For Gold Reserve
Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) has dropped its hostile takeover offer for Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X), after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued an interlocutory injunction on Feb. 10 stoppin…
U.S. Markets Feb. 10-13
With the passage of U. S. President Barack Obama’s US$787-billion stimulus package in Congress on Feb. 13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 420.46 points, or 5.4%, to close the Feb. 10-13 reporti…
TSX Venture Exchange Feb. 10-13
It was modest gains on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index for the truncated Feb. 10-13 reporting period. The Venture board gained 24.54 points to close the week at 925.64 points. It posted gains …
Toronto Stock Exchange Feb. 10-13
The TSX was down during the holiday-shortened Feb. 10-13 trading period, with the S&P/TSX composite index losing 369 points, or 4.1%, to 8,678. The drop was triggered by doubts about the effective…
Lme Warehouse Levels (February 23, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 17, 2009 (change from Feb. 10 in brackets):
Spot Prices (February 23, 2009)
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Producer And Dealer Prices (February 23, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350 /t.
Daily Metal Prices (February 23, 2009)
Date Feb. 16 Feb. 13 Feb. 12 Feb. 11 Feb. 10 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1075.50/1111 1100.50/1135 1100.50/1130 1100/1125…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (February 23, 2009)
52-week Date Feb 16 Feb. 13 Feb. 12 Feb. 11 Feb. 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 925.64 925.64 915.87 911.26 902.09 2814.88 678.62 TSX Composite 8678.10 8678.10 8778.78 8737.89 …