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Job numbers OK for stock market
Oct 4, 2012 / 7:07 am
The Toronto stock market was higher in early trading as the latest jobs data from the U.S. showed a slight gain and oil prices also moved higher.
The S&P/TSX composite index rose 39.19 points to 12,398.66, while the TSX Venture Exchange was up 6.55 of a point to 1,331.77.
The U.S. Labour Department reported that initial jobless claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, which was largely in line with expectations and consistent with only modest hires.
November crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved up 62 cents to US$88.76 a barrel, with the energy sector up 0.3 per cent. December gold bullion rose $8.30 to US$1,788.10 an ounce.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials were up 34.36 points to 13,528.97. The Nasdaq composite index fell back 0.17 points to 3,135.06, while the S&P 500 index gained 4.41 points to 1,445.40.
The Canadian dollar increased 0.43 of a cent to 101.63 cents US.
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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 | 4.191 | +0.101 |
| 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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