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CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 25 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 US$ in C$ 1.0582 1.0564 1.0487 1.0478 1.0328 C$ in US$ 0.9450 0.9466 0.9536 0.9544 0…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Jan. 26, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

Note:Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qr…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

52-week Date Jan. 25P> Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1546.85 1549.67 1558.91 1590.69 1612.86 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11354.51 11343.43 114…

*as of Dec. 31/09

Date Jan. 25 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1995/2020 1970/2000 1980/2005 1970/2000 1920/1…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 26, 2010 (change from Jan. 19 in brackets):

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The Jan. 19-25 trading period was one many investors in U.S.-listed equities probably would like to forget. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 528.57 points or 4.93% to finish at 10,196.86, while t…