U.S. MARKETS -August 16-20
New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed to a nine-month high during the Aug. 16-20 trading week, fuelling uncertainty about the overall economic outlook and sending gold prices higher. The D…
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SPOT PRICES (August 30, 2010)
COURTE SY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 30, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 23, 2010 (change from Aug. 16 in brackets):
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 30, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,466.66/t.
DAILY METAL PRICES (August 30, 2010)
Date Aug. 23 Aug. 20 Aug. 19 Aug. 18 Aug. 17 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2210/2100 2090/1980 2150/2100 2180/2105 2200/21…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (August 30, 2010)
*as of June 30/10
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (August 30, 2010)
52-week Date Aug. 23 Aug. 20 JAug. 19 Aug. 18 Aug. 17 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1475.35 1479.62 1473.40 1469.97 1463.60 1691.10 1160.80 TSX Composite 11718.63 11722.07 11710.18 11781.08 11728.84…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (August 30, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/10 (with changes from July 31/10).
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (August 30, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/10 (with changes from July 31/10).
DIVIDENDS (August 30, 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 $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…
LENDING RATES (August 30, 2010)
as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (August 30, 2010)
Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 4.56 -0.06 Iluka …