TSX Venture Exchange September 5-11
A US$50-per-oz. spot gold price correction sent the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index tumbling 5.7% over the Sept. 5-11 trading session, closing down 156.86 points at 2,604.43. Average daily trading…
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Investment Commentary: Desjardins picks top takeover targets in gold sector
Desjardins Securities’ veteran mining analyst Michael Fowler and his associate Joanne van Ballegooie continue to se…
Toronto Stock Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Merger news in the gold sector and strong earnings from two of the big banks helped the TSX Composite Index fight through a mid-week slump over the holiday-shortened Aug.29-Sept. 1 period. The index w…
TSX Venture Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Solid metal prices coupled with further mining mergers continued to buoy the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which gained 68.41 points to close up 2.5% at 2,761.29 over the Aug. 29-Sept. 1 sessio…
U.S. Markets Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Lower oil prices and a hurricane season that wasn’t as bad as feared kept trading activity on U.S. markets bubbling over the trading period Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 10…
Short Position Report (September 07, 2006)
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Toronto Stock Exchange August 22-28
The TSX composite index was up 30.42 over the Aug. 22-28 period to 12,167.35. The gain came in spite of declines in the energy and mining sectors, as the index was buoyed by strength in the tech secto…
TSX Venture Exchange August 22-28
On steady base and precious metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index delivered an impressive 2.9% gain over the Aug. 22-28 trading period to close up 75.81 points at 2.692.88. Average dai…
U.S. Markets August 22-28
With consumer confidence falling to 9-month lows and summer winding to a close, trading activity on U.S. markets was relatively flat over the report period Aug. 22-28. The Standard & Poor’s 500 In…
TSX Venture Exchange August 15-21
Board-room growth appears to be finding more favour these days than drill-bit growth, at least among companies listed on the senior North American exchanges. That’s less the case on the TSX Venture Ex…
Toronto Stock Exchange August 15-21
Energy and metals stocks lifted the S&P-TSX Composite Index 286.77 points to 12,136.93 over the Aug. 15-21 session. Gold rose as high as US$630 per oz. during the period, ahead of Iran’s declarati…
U.S. Markets August 15-21
Stock markets south of the line were buoyant over the reporting period Aug. 15-21, as economic and statistical news from the U.S. government suggested a gentle economic slowdown and the likelihood tha…