U.S. stocks close in the red, Dec. 24-28
U.S. stocks ended the holiday shortened Dec. 24–28 trading week in the red as certainty that a deal will be made to avoid the fiscal cliff wavered.
Stock Markets/Investing
Market news: Toronto Stock Exchange
The holidays brought cheer to Canadian investors, and the S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 54 points to 12,433.53 for the period, with equities still climbing at press time.
Market news: TSX Venture Exchange
Christmas holidays kept things fairly quiet on the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index over the trading period, though the board notched small gains each day to end the session up 24.1 points at 1,201.84. Trading volumes were subdued, averaging…
Market news: U.S. Markets
U.S. stocks ended the trading week in the red, as expectations that a deal would be made to avoid the fiscal cliff temporarily wavered.
Metals, mining and money markets
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Market news: Toronto Stock Exchange
Optimism that politicians south of the border would come to a resolution regarding the impending fiscal cliff helped hold up equities north of the border during the trading week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index increased 107 points for the…
Market news: TSX Venture Exchange
In the last trading week before the Christmas holiday, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index saw one day in the red eliminate four days of small gains, and as a result the index finished the trading session down 5.91 points at 1.177.71….
Market news: U.S. Markets
U.S. equity markets in the first four days of the week turned positive on optimism lawmakers could avert the fiscal cliff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 176.71 points, or 1.35% to 13,311.72; the S&P 500 Index climbed 30.11…
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