Volume 96 Number 36 - Oct 25 - 31, 2010

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/10 (with changes from Sept. 15/10).

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/10 (with changes from Sept. 15/10).

52-week Date Oct. 18 Oct. 15 Oct. 14 Oct. 13 Oct. 12 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1838.21 1822.53 1822.03 1828.74 1803.34 1840.54 1263.41 TSX Composite…

Date Oct. 18 Oct. 15 Oct. 14 Oct. 13 Oct. 12 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2170/2150 2200/2200 2224/2215 2221/2220 2190/21…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$10,233.33/t.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 18, 2010 (change from Oct. 11 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

U.S. equity markets were largely unruffled during the Oct. 11-15 trading week with the Dow Jones industrial average advancing 56.3 points or 0.5% to finish at 11,062.78 and the S&P 500 index edgin…

For the S&P-TSX Venture composite index, the four-day week following Thanksgiving was marked by record trading volumes that continued the board on its 12-week-long ascent. Over Oct. 12-15 the boar…

The TSX composite index continued to show strength on the back of strong commodity prices as the index rose 28 points for the holiday-shortened Oct. 12-15 period to finish at 12,609.07 points.