U.S. Markets April 11-17
Rising tension in the Middle East was the main fear factor driving up prices for energy and gold over the report period April 11-17. Investors bid up shares of gold, oil and copper producers, but gave…
Stock Markets/Investing
Aur rides the copper highway inspite of a few bumps
With the firing of its chief financial officer and the announcement of a new listing on Chile’s Santiago Stock Exch…
TSX Venture Exchange April 4-10
With geopolitical uncertainty pushing up prices for gold, energy and most commodities, investors had a field day buying and selling shares of junior resource companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchan…
U.S. Markets April 4-10
Stock markets in the United States started strongly in the reporting period April 4-10, but oil price jitters took over in the last three trading days to leave the market indices near where they start…
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Toronto Stock Exchange March 28-April 3
The Toronto Stock Exchange yo-yo’d itself 132.34 points higher to end the March 28-April 3 report period at a record high close of 12,210.86. The golds advanced 5.4% to 303.67 as the yellow metal leap…
TSX Venture Exchange March 28-April 3
Trading activity on the TSX Venture Exchange over the March 28-April 3 report period was propelled by bargain-hunters and profit-takers, with higher-valued companies tending to lose ground to their lo…
U.S. Markets March 28-April 3
Big base metal producers and the mid-tier golds were the stars of the U.S. markets in the period March 28-April 3. The broader market was slightly weaker, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index off…
Toronto Stock Exchange March 21-27
With investors’ heads swimming with visions of double-doubles and Timbits, the S&P-TSX Composite Index eased back from a record high to end the March 21-27 report period 149.2 points better at 12,…
TSX Venture Exchange March 21-27
The junior mining-dominated TSX Venture Composite Index continued to build on recent gains to close at a new high of 2,770.56 over the March 21-27 session, up 95.23 points, or 3.6%. Average daily trad…
U.S. Markets March 21-27
U.S. stock markets were jittery ahead of a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank’s Open Market Committee, which was widely expected to announce a quarter-point increase in the central bank’s interest ra…
Toronto Stock Exchange March 14-20
The Toronto Stock Exchange failed to keep its head above the 12,000-mark but managed to end the March 14-20 report period 22.67 points better at 11,929.32 amid recovering metal prices. The gold index…