2009

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 6, 2009 (change from Sept. 29 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,750/t.

Date Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 Sept. 29 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1650/1685 1641/1685 1680/1710 1690/1720 1641/16…

52-week Date Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 Sept. 29 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1254.25 1244.12 1248.71 1277.21 1272.31 1300.23 678.62 TSX Composite 11102.62 10958.33 11071.76 11394.96 11394.99…

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

*as of June 30/09

Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11.

as of 5 p. m. ET. Oct 5, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 Sept. 29 US$ in C$ 1.0757 1.0845 1.0774 1.0722 1.0871 C$ in US$ 0.9296 0.9221 0.9282 0.9327 0….

Australia (A$) Oct. 5 Sept. 29 Change Aquila Resources 7.05 6.85 0.2 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.12 3.21 -0.09 Fortescue Res 3.59 3.90 -0.31 Iluka…