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Junior miners and explorers posted another strong week on the back of continued robust precious and base metal prices with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gaining 3.2% or 89.26 points to close…

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The Toronto composite index touched an all-time high of 12,676.85 points on Nov. 27, pulling back slightly that day to finish at 12,542.45. That capped a reporting period of Nov. 21-27 where all-time …

A combination of concern over the weakness in the U.S. dollar and forecasts of softening retail sales helped to push the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 195.8 points to 12,121.71 during the Nov. 20-…

Modest rallies in precious and base metals prices gave some buoyancy to the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, gaining 4.5% or 117.91 points over the Nov. 21-27 trading sessi…

A slide in the price of oil early in week pulled the S&P-TSX Composite Index lower, but a rally in the price of nickel and gold helped fuel a comeback as it finished the Nov. 14-20 period up 107.2…

Range-bound precious metals coupled with a slight weakening in base metals pushed the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index down 18.39 points over the Nov. 14-20 trading session to close at 2,630.5. Ave…

U.S. equity markets went on a steady but unspectacular rise over the reporting period Nov. 14-20, helped by a decline in oil prices and by low inflation figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, whic…

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The proposed taxing of income trusts continued to hit energy stocks over the Nov. 7-13 trading session, but a rise in the price of crude oil helped the sector claw back some of its losses. The TSX Com…

Interest rate speculation and the impact of U.S. mid-term elections weighed heavily on the minds of investors during the Nov. 7-13 trading session, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 26.33 po…