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| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,861.40 | +47.00 (0.98%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,245.70 | +22.42 (0.12%) |
| KOSPI | 1,888.31 | -12.31 (-0.65%) |
Fed Keeps $85 Billion Pace of Bond Buying, Sees Risks Waning
The Federal Reserve said it will keep buying bonds at a pace of $85 billion a month and said that risks to the economy have decreased.
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| 928.27 | -1.72 | (-0.18%) | |
| 15,252.65 | -65.58 | (-0.43%) | ||
| 1,644.74 | -7.07 | (-0.43%) |
Top stories
By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO (Reuters) - A subsidiary of European telecoms company Vimpelcom Ltd (VIP.N: Quote) has withdrawn its bid to acquire control of Canada's Wind Mobile, a surprise move that creates further uncertainty about the future of the ...
BURLINGTON, Ont. -- Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says Canadian consumers did their part for the economy by borrowing the country through the worst recession since the Great Depression and now it is the turn of businesses to show some ...
Canada's largest grocer is trying out a new discount small-store format in a bid to attract more customers in urban areas. Loblaw Cos.
TORONTO -- An anticipated financial recovery south of the border is likely to help economic growth in Canada, economists said Wednesday, although the U.S.
Imperial Oil Ltd. will shut its 95-year-old Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, oil refinery after a 13-month search for a buyer came up dry due to the brutal impacts of far too much production capacity on both sides of the Atlantic and the need to import expensive crude into ...
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| THO | Tahoe Resources Inc | 4.45% | 2.09B |
| UNG-C | Union Gas | 3.85% | 3.12B |
| SCC | Sears Canada Inc | 3.20% | 1.15B |
| BBD.B | Bombardier, Inc. | 3.07% | 8.25B |
| SCL | SHAWCOR LTD | 2.52% | 2.45B |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| BB | Research In Motion Ltd | -4.43% | 7.58B |
| TCW | Trican Well Service Ltd. | -3.93% | 2.25B |
| DC.A | Dundee Corp. | -3.78% | 1.31B |
| NBD | Norbord, Inc. | -3.18% | 1.85B |
| MEG | MEG Energy Corp | -3.13% | 6.93B |
Excludes stocks with mkt cap less than $1B.
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Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.01% | +0.0051 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 1.01% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.62% | +0.0100 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |