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Concerns over continued interest rate hikes south of the border pushed the TSX Composite Index down another 4.3% to 11,197.58 during the June 6-12 report period. Metals of all varieties took on a red…

Weakening metal prices gave the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index a 281.2-point haircut over the June 6-12 trading session, closing down 10% at 2,549.03. Average daily tradin…

Equity markets in the United States went into a tailspin during the reporting period June 6-12, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 256.14 points to 10,792.58, and the Standard & Poor’s…

It was a bearish week for investors, as the TSX composite fell by 5.92 points to 11,699.49 over the May 30-June 5 period. The gold index followed the price of the yellow metal downward, ending off 1%…

While exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange haven’t benefited from the commodity and metals boom as much as senior and mid-tier producers, the fortunate few with significant discove…

Equity markets Stateside were lower over the five trading days May 30-June 5, as sentiment grew that the Federal Reserve Bank was turning to a tight-money philosophy. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, in a p…

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The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark rate a quarter point for the seventh time in a row, bringing the rate to 4.25% on May 24. But some market watchers believe the rate hikes may be over, and as a…

Unsettled trading saw the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index bounce off its recent drop and recover 92.9 points over the May 23-29 session to close at 2,863.63. Average daily trading volumes dried up…

It was a modest bounce-back, but stock markets in the United States rose slightly in the holiday-shortened trading period May 23-26. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 18.09 points to 1,280.16,…

A continuing slump in commodity prices dragged Toronto stocks down another 285.96 points to 11,545.77 during the holiday-shortened May 16-19 report period. The gold index had 5.8% of its value carved…

Continued precious and base metal market weakness furthered the bloodletting on the junior board over the holiday-shortened May 16-19 trading session, with the TSX Venture Composite Index falling 8.5%…