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Stronger gold and oil prices helped boost the TSX Composite Index for the Jan. 5-11 period, but some sobering data at a presstime were signaling a slight correction.

The up-and-up trend continued during the Jan. 5-11 trading period, as the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index gained 64.6 points to close at 1,608.53. It was the board’s first trip above 1,600 since i…

The U.S. markets remained solid over the Jan 5-11 trading period with the Dow Jones Industrial Average inching up 80.03 points to close at 10,663.99 while the S&P 500 rose 13.99 points to close at…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 12, 2010 (change from Jan. 5 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Jan. 11 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 Jan. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2000/2030 1930/1970 2021/2060 2000/2025 1945/1985 …

Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …

52-week Date Jan. 11 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 Jan. 5 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1608.53 1605.10 1591.53 1578.59 1551.68 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11947.13 11953.83 11887.51 11944.54 11888.08…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Note: Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* pa…