As Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on laws completing the country’s annexation of Crimea, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen held her first press conference and indicated that the first rise in interest rates could come…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 77 points to 14,335.76 points for the period, as better-than-expected retail sales and stronger economic data from south of the border lifted investors’ spirits. Several closely watched leading…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed up 1.12 points during the trading sessions at 1,034.76. Concern surrounding Chinese economic growth depressed base-metal prices, while precious metal futures also lost ground. Markets took a break…
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China’s first corporate bond default and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy and concern over the crisis in the Ukraine ahead of a referendum in Crimea combined to send the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 0.50% to 14,227.66 and…
Investors turned jittery over the period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 388 points to 16,065.67, the S&P 500 Index shedding 36 points to 1,841.13 and the Nasdaq Composite Index 87 points lower to 4,245.40.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 9.35 points during weekly trading en route to a 1,033.64-point close. Reports out of China indicated growth rates across industrial sectors had dropped to multi-year lows, while markets also…
David Harquail, president and CEO of gold royalty company Franco-Nevada, first came to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention when he was a kid in the sixties. His job was to transport rye and scotch from his…
Disappointing jobs data in Canada showing that the economy shed 7,000 jobs in February — leaving the country’s unemployment rate unchanged at 7% — were offset by news of stronger employment numbers in the U.S. The S&P/TSX…
U.S. equities ended the trading week in positive territory, lifted by strong jobs data. The Labor Department reported that U.S. employers created 175,000 jobs in February, above the expected 149,000 positions.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index returned to the black during the week, as it posted a 1.7%, or 17.6-point gain, en route to a 1,043.01-point weekly close. The political turmoil in the Ukraine is fuelling market volatility, with…
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