The S&P/TSX Composite Index ended the week in positive territory, advancing 141.07 points to 15,266.57, as investors shrugged off war in the Middle East and Ukraine, and focused on corporate earnings. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified…
The downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet by suspected pro-Russian militants in Ukraine and Israel’s invasion of Gaza triggered a sell-off on July 17, but U.S. markets ended the trading week in positive territory, with the Dow…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished in the red for a second straight week after dropping 10.69 points en route to a 1,012.24-point close. Investors are monitoring geopolitical uncertainty in the Ukraine, as well as ongoing armed…
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at July 15/14 (with changes from June…
Poor jobs data showing that Canada lost 9,400 jobs in June, sending the unemployment rate up to 7.1% from 7% in May, put pressure on the Canadian dollar and the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The dollar ended the week at $1.0734 to the greenback,…
The S&P 500 Index dropped 18 points to 1,967.57, marking its worst week since April, as European economic uncertainty continued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 124 points to 16,943.81, while the Nasdaq Composite Index gave back 70…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 14.83 points, during the trading sessions before closing the week at 1,022.93 points. Markets were hit by falling energy futures and a report from Statistics Canada that indicated the…
The Northern Miner invited James Turk, the London-based gold analyst and founder of GoldMoney, and mining legend Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX), to discuss their views on a number of issues ranging from the value of money,…
Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange was on the downbeat during the Canada Day shortened week, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index losing nearly 69 points to finish at 15,214.96. The spot price for gold retreated US$7.91 per oz. to…
U.S. markets rebounded sharply on the back of strong jobs data before closing on July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. The U.S. economy added 288,000 non-farm jobs in June and revised data from the Labour Department showed that the…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index started off July with small gains, ending the week up 14.8 points at 1,037.76. Daily trading volumes remained subdued, averaging just 47 million.
VANCOUVER — Canada’s federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources has wrapped up a seven-month study on Canada’s rare earth elements (REE) potential, drawing on extensive consultation with a who’s who…
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