World markets
| Shanghai | 2,302.40 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 15,856.00 | +228.74 (1.46%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 23,261.08 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| TSEC | 8,398.84 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,840.27 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,835.01 | +13.36 (0.47%) |
| CAC 40 | 4,051.11 | +14.93 (0.37%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 5,114.30 | -51.10 (-0.99%) |
| BSE Sensex | 20,062.24 | -49.37 (-0.25%) |
| KOSPI | 1,989.69 | -4.14 (-0.21%) |
Dollar stands tall after Bernanke comments; China PMI in focus
By Ian Chua. SYDNEY | Wed May 22, 2013 7:55pm EDT. SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar hovered at a near three-year high against a basket of major currencies in Asia on Thursday, having risen broadly as Treasury yields jumped on the prospect that the ...
| 12,752.50 | +10.07 | (0.08%) | |
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| 942.08 | +2.67 | (0.28%) | |
| 15,307.17 | -80.41 | (-0.52%) | ||
| 1,655.35 | -13.81 | (-0.83%) |
Top stories
The U.S. House of Representatives has turned up the political heat on the Obama administration over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, passing a bill Wednesday that would grant approval for the project.
By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed on Wednesday, led by gold miners, after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S.
Almost a year after the federal government's latest tightening of the rules for insured mortgages, the association that represents mortgage brokers has come out with a dire assessment of the effect of those changes.
Montrealers have become wearily accustomed to murky matters emanating from city hall, but now the dirt is coming straight out of their taps.
New England is in an uproar over a pipeline reversal that would allow Canadian oil sands to be transported from Montreal to Portland in Maine, en route to global markets.
Trends
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| DI.UN | Dundee International Real Estate Inves | -0.19% | 776.96M |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | -0.0019 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.34% | 0.00 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |