TSX down nearly 4%, Feb. 5-9
In one of the most brutal and volatile trading weeks in recent memory, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 571.5 points, or 3.7%, to 15,034.53. The downturn — which started in…
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US markets fall, Feb. 5-9
Gold closed at US$1,315.7 per oz., down 1.2% over the previous week. U.S. markets suffered as the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 6.6% to 78.35, and the Dow Jones…
Chakana surges on Venture debut
Shares of Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU) gained 78% on their first day of trading and the release of assays from five shallow drill holes at the company’s Soledad copper-gold-silver project…
TSX Venture trends higher, Jan. 22-26
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.18% to finish the trading week at 890.80. High-grade sample results at its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala sent shares of Bluestone Resources…
US equity indexes move higher, Jan. 22-26
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 2.09% to 26,616.71 and the S&P 500 Index gained 2.23% to 2,872.87. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index jumped 2.66% to 90.31 on the…
TSX dips slightly, Jan. 22-26
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.69% to close the trading week at 16,239.20. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.13% to 75.23 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.55% to…
TSX Venture Exchange inches lower, Jan. 8-12
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.96% to finish the Jan. 8-12 trading week at 878.20. Shares of Standard Lithium jumped 30¢ to $2.55 on news that the company signed…
TSX slips, Jan. 8-12
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.25% to finish at 16,308.18. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 4.19% to 76.85 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.03% to 200.62, with…
US markets rise slightly, Jan. 8-12
Gold closed Friday at US$1,337.40 per oz., up US$18.60 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both rose 2% to 89.11 and 25,803.19….
TSX Venture in the black, Dec. 27-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 40.42 points to a 850.72-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$28.64 to US$1,302.8 per oz. gold on a weakening U.S. dollar. Comex copper…
TSX posts marginal gains, Dec. 27-29
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.27% on a shortened trading week to 16,209.10.The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.82% to 72.31 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index budged slightly, moving from…
US markets slip between Christmas and New Year’s
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 25% and the S&P 500 nearly 20% in 2017. But the shortened trading week between Christmas and New Year’s saw both moving in the…