Daily metal prices
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Stock Markets/Investing
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund nameJan. 9Dec. 23ChangeChangeYTDMER*Assets*
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/11 (with changes from Dec. 15/11).
Haywood honcho Tognetti spends $2.4M on more Mirasol shares
Argentina-focused silver explorer Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has received a welcome show of support from its largest shareholder, John Tognetti, who bought $2.4-million worth of shares and warrants as part of a $13.2-million private placement in…
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/11 (with changes from Dec. 15/11).
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Venture sees gains in first trading period of 2012
Vancouver – The first trading period of 2012 saw the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index climb 41.07 points between January 3 and 6 to end at 1,525.73 points. Volume was noticeably down at an average of 75 million shares traded daily.
TSX starts strong, then stumbles
The TSX Composite index began the New Year looking to shake off the down trend of the year past. But fears around the European debt situation re-surfaced by the end of the Jan. 3-6 period and curtailed some of those market gains. Overall,…
U.S. equities turn positive, Jan. 3-6
The first week of 2012 started off better than expected for U.S. equities with the Dow Jones Industrial Index climbing 1.17% or 142.36 points to close at 12,359.92 and the S&P 500 index rising 1.61% or 20.21 points to finish at 1,277.81….
Market news
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 30, 2011 (change from Dec. 23 in brackets):