World markets
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| FTSE 100 | 6,348.82 | -25.39 (-0.40%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,683.98 | -16.95 (-0.63%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,839.34 | -21.21 (-0.55%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,861.40 | +47.00 (0.98%) |
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| KOSPI | 1,888.31 | -12.31 (-0.65%) |
US Stocks Edge Lower, Telecom Shares Decline
NEW YORK--U.S. stocks were slightly lower midday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's policy announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped seven points, less than 0.1%, to 15311 in midday trading.
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| 923.99 | -6.00 | (-0.65%) | |
| 15,298.66 | -19.57 | (-0.13%) | ||
| 1,649.79 | -2.02 | (-0.12%) |
Top stories
By Alastair Sharp. TORONTO | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:33pm EDT. TORONTO (Reuters) - A subsidiary of European telecoms company Vimpelcom Ltd (VIP.
TORONTO - The Bank of Canada is likely to start raising its benchmark interest rate in July 2014, a full year before the U.S. Federal Reserve, BMO's chief economist Douglas Porter said Wednesday.
TORONTO - Canada's growth outlook appears to be stronger than previously thought, thanks to an improving trade picture and the strength of corporate balance sheets, economists at the Royal Bank of Canada said Wednesday.
Imperial Oil is closing its refinery in Eastern Passage and converting it into a marine terminal. The company said it could not find a buyer for its facility to continue operating as a refinery.
At least two groups of American hedge funds have bought large chunks of Tim Hortons shares recently, a sign the activist investors want to push the company to make major changes to its business, or possibly give up some control over the company.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| BBD.B | Bombardier, Inc. | 3.07% | 8.25B |
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 |