TSX runs gold index up flagpole (May 29, 2006)
Details are sketchy, but the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and rating and index agency Standard & Poor’s will develop a Global Gold Index to track the share prices of leading gold mining companies….
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U.S. Markets May 16-22
Sharp declines in the early part of the reporting period May 16-22 socked stock markets in the United States, and the mining stocks suffered a large part of the damage. The Standard & Poor’s 500 i…
Sizing up the threat of nationalization in Bolivia (May 23, 2006)
“This is just the start,” Bolivian president Evo Morales told a crowd regarding the nationalization of the country’…
Toronto Stock Exchange May 9-15
A pullback in commodity prices dragged the TSX Composite Index down 496.48 points, or 4.2% to 11,831.73 over the May 9-15 session; the downward trend was said to be the result of price corrections aft…
TSX Venture Exchange May 9-15
Sharp corrections in commodity prices precipitated a major drop in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which shed 4.7%, or 150.24 points, to close at 3,029.49 over the May 9-15 trading session. A…
U.S. Markets May 9-15
Stock markets in the United States saw heavy selling between May 10 and May 12 in response to a tightening Federal Reserve Bank, making the reporting period May 9-15 a losing one. The Standard & P…
TSX and TSXV Short Positions (May 19, 2006)
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Mongolia drops a bombshell with new mining tax
Vancouver – From left field and late on a Friday night, Mongolia’s Parliament shocked western mineral explorers by …
TSX runs gold index up flagpole (May 15, 2006)
Details are sketchy but the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and rating and index agency Standard & Poors will develop …
TSX Venture Exchange May 2-8
Another week, another healthy gain for the junior mining-dominated TSX Venture Composite Index as metal prices showed continued strength, spurring an influx of investors, and closing up 49.74 points a…
Toronto Stock Exchange May 2-8
The S&P-TSX Composite Index gained 19.74 points to close the May 2-8 period at 12,294.20 points. The loonie continued to make gains, reaching a 28-year high against the greenback, as job growth fu…
U.S. Markets May 2-8
With the notable exception of companies developing projects in Bolivia and other politically volatile nations, resource companies listed on U.S. markets attracted increased investor attention over the…