Stock Markets/Investing

Despite some weakness in gold, silver and copper spot prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index eked out a 15.53-point gain over the Dec. 12-18 trading session to close at 2,821.05. However, ave…

While the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached record-breaking highs during the busy holiday retail season, many gold, metals and coal companies reported losses…

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The TSX was up 29.51 points to 12,878.18 over the Dec. 5-11 trading session, with the financial sector, aided by the Bank of Canada’s decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%, …

The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather over the Dec. 5-11 trading session, following slight pull-backs in bullion, copper and zinc spot prices, to close down 32.15 points at 2,805.52….

Amidst talk of a slowing, but still growing U.S. economy, the markets were fairly stable during the Dec. 5-11 trading session, showing slight drops across the board after larger gains the previous wee…

The Toronto Stock Exchange enjoyed five good trading days Nov. 28-Dec. 4, touching all-time highs in intra-day trading on three of the five. Unlike the oil-and-gold run earlier in the year, the advanc…

Junior miners and explorers posted another strong week on the back of continued robust precious and base metal prices with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gaining 3.2% or 89.26 points to close…

The U.S. markets saw gains during the trading period Nov. 28-Dec. 4, despite an 8.7% drop in durable goods orders. The dip was the biggest in more than six years and larger than economists had forecas…

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The Toronto composite index touched an all-time high of 12,676.85 points on Nov. 27, pulling back slightly that day to finish at 12,542.45. That capped a reporting period of Nov. 21-27 where all-time …