News


U. S. MARKETS MAY 6-12

U. S. stock indexes were mixed during the May 6-12 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 93 points, or 0.7%, to 12,876. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index declined 4 points, or 0.2%, t…


TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE MAY 6-12

The TSX Composite Index was just shy of reaching last summer’s record high over the May 6-12 trading period. The benchmark was up 2.7% to 14,666.07 as materials and energy producers benefited from sur…


TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE MAY 6-12

For the first time since February, the S&PTSX Venture Composite Index posted gains for five consecutive days over the May 6-12 trading session. The gains combined to boost the index 82.35 points o…


LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 19, 2008)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 13, 2008 (change from May 6 in brackets): Aluminium Alloy 36840 (+420) Aluminium 1033800 (-2525) Copper 1217…


SPOT PRICES (May 19, 2008)

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $877.00 -1.00 Silver $17.08 +0.38 Platinum $2073.00 +143.00 Palladium $439.00 +13.00 Base Metal…


DIVIDENDS (May 19, 2008)

Note: Xstrata will pay its pref sh series 3 div of $0.2862 on June 2, rec May 15. Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh to be paid in two installments on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* …


EXCHANGE RATES (May 19, 2008)

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 12 May 9 May 8 May 7 May 6 US$ in C$ 1.0039 1.0061 1.0149 1.0021 1.0035 C$ in US$ 0.9961 0.9939 0.9853 0.9979 0.9965 EXC…


METALS COMMENTARY (May 19, 2008)

Amid capital market turbulence, the global metals sector has seen a rush of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and will continue to do so, according to a new report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (P…


INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (May 19, 2008)

Australia (A$) May 13 May 6 Change Bendigo Mining 0.29 0.30 -0.01 Centamin Egypt 1.38 1.39 -0.01 Croesus Mining 0.04 0.28 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 5.30 5.00 0.30 Lion Sel…


BID-ASK — MAY 6-12, 2008

12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Affinor Res V 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.18 0.12 Amazon Mng V 0.55 0.64 0.65 1.21 0.46 …



By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close