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Market summary
Nov 20 - Markets closed
World markets
| Shanghai | 3,308.35 | -12.27 (-0.37%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 9,497.68 | -51.79 (-0.54%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 22,455.84 | -187.32 (-0.83%) |
| TSEC | 7,682.97 | -77.01 (-0.99%) |
| FTSE 100 | 5,251.41 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,729.36 | -30.86 (-0.82%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,685.80 | -63.40 (-1.33%) |
| BSE Sensex | 17,021.85 | +236.20 (1.41%) |
Poorly timed, badly structured, too complex
By Randall Denley, The Ottawa CitizenNovember 22, 2009 Premier Dalton McGuinty picked up his effort to sell his new harmonized sales tax this week, releasing details of the plan and telling us he was "proud" of the tax.
S&P TSX
S&P TSX Venture
| 11,579.33 | -20.97 | (-0.18%) | |
| 1,408.06 | +7.12 | (0.51%) | |
| 10,318.16 | -14.28 | (-0.14%) | |
| 1,091.38 | -3.52 | (-0.32%) |
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Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 0.2419% | -0.0008 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 0.36% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.16% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.1% | 1 |
| 10 year bond | 3.92% | -0.03 |
| Interest rates | ||
| Prime business rate | 2.25% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.84% | 0.00 |
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| SMF | Semafo Inc. | 4.44% | 1.18B |
| DGC | Detour Gold Corporation | 2.73% | 1.07B |
| ATD.A | Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. | 2.57% | 3.64B |
| BVF | Biovail Corporation | 2.42% | 2.41B |
| LB | Laurentian Bank of Canada | 2.35% | 1.03B |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CTC | Canadian Tire Corporation Limited | -5.98% | 4.70B |
| SJR.A | Shaw Communications Inc. | -4.59% | 7.75B |
| CFP | Canfor Corporation | -4.42% | 1.02B |
| VEN | Ventana Gold Corp | -4.18% | 1.17B |
| ACM.B | Astral Media, Inc. | -3.94% | 1.70B |
Excludes stocks with mkt cap less than $1B.
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