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Stock market jump starts morning
Sep 25, 2012 / 7:10 am
The Toronto stock market shot ahead out of the gate Tuesday as higher commoditity prices led broad gains.
The S&P/TSX composite index moved up 47.64 points to 12,361.18. The TSX Venture Exchange fell 0.81 of a point to 1,332.65.
The Canadian dollar increased 0.09 of a cent to 102.26 cents US.
In commodities, November crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved up 71 cents to US$92.64 a barrel. The TSX energy sector gained 0.06 per cent.
The gold sector rose 1.2 per cent as December bullion increased $9.10 to US$1,773.70 an ounce. December copper was ahead 2.8 cents to US$3.76 a pound.
A report from Statistics Canada said retail sales rose 0.7 per cent to $39 billion in July, more than offsetting a decline in June.
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Today's Market
| S&P TSX | 12742.43 | +129.38 |
| S&P CDNX | 939.41 | +4.73 |
| DJIA | 15387.58 | +52.30 |
| Nasdaq | 3498.965 | +33.722 |
| S&P 500 | 1669.16 | +2.87 |
| Gold | 1378.20 | -6.1001 |
| Lumber | 316.00 | -4.50 |
| Oil | 95.89 | -0.82 |
| Natural Gas | 4.189 | +0.099 |
| CDN Dollar | 0.9739 | N/A |
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Okanagan Companies
| Sun Rype | 6.25 | +0.25 |
| Pacific Safety | 0.05 | +0.005 |
| Knighthawk | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| QHR Technologies Inc | 0.61 | +0.06 |
| Cantex | 0.015 | 0.00 |
| Anavex Life Sciences | 0.55 | +0.02 |
| Metalex Ventures | 0.085 | +0.01 |
| Russel Metals | 27.15 | +0.50 |
| Copper Mountain Mining | 1.62 | +0.10 |
| Colorado Resources | 1.56 | +0.08 |
| ReliaBrand Inc | 0.13 | 0.00 |
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