Stock Markets/Investing

Precious-metals companies may have taken a hit during the Jan. 10-14 trading week but for companies with iron ore, copper, uranium and potash assets, the numbers looked pretty good. The TSX Composite index climbed 191.76 points or 1.45% to…

The S&P-TSX Venture composite index climbed 45.57 points over the Jan. 10-14 period, ending at 2275.45.The board was humming with activity, with a daily trading average of more than 200 million shares. Some 19 Venture-listed juniors hit…

As European stocks advanced for the second straight week, banks and technology companies, led by JPMorgan Chase, sent U.S. stock indexes higher, marking a seventh week of gains.The Dow Jones industrial average gained 112.62 points to close the…

STOCK    EXC    BID    ASK    LAST    HIGH    LOW

Date    Jan. 17    Jan. 14    Jan. 13    Jan. 12    Jan. 11    High    LowTSX Composite    13440.11  …

Mosaic    0.05    Aug 19    Aug 6Alcoa    0.03*    Aug 26    Aug 6Goldcorp    0.015*    Aug 27    Aug…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010    (%)Bank of Canada    1.00Target overnight rate    0.75Canadian Prime    2.75U.S. Discount Primary    0.75U.S. Fed Funds market…

CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)Date    Jan 17    Jan 14    Jan 13    Jan 12    Jan 11US$ in C$    0.9862  …

Australia (A$)    Aug 24    Aug 17    ChangeAquila Resources    8.3    8.69    -0.39Bendigo Mining    0.18  …

Fund name     Jan. 10    Dec. 31    Change    Change    YTD    MER*    Assets*         ($)  …

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/10 (with changes from Dec. 15/10).Largest short positionsUranium One               UUU    32985856  …