Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Roger Biduk; Bay Street Flat

Roger Biduk;

The Toronto stock market erased early losses to eke out a slightly higher close Tuesday thanks largely to a late-day revival in the financial and base metals sectors.
Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index inched up 3.8 points to 8,628.63. The Venture index was down 3.57 points to 859.25.
The CDN$ rose 0.88 of a cent to 81.29 cents US.

The S&P/TSX Capped Financial index gained .68% as Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) soared 10.12%. Resverlogix Corp. (RVX) jumped 8.88% to $2.82. Dundee Corp. (DC.A) ran up 8.07% to $5.49. Chartwell Seniors Housing (CSH.UN) gained 6.43% to $5.79. Dundee Real Estate Investment (D.UN) up 6.32% to $13.45.
Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust (RYL.UN) dropped 5.07% to $3.18. Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities Inc. (PRK) dropped 7.28% to $2.80. Chemtrade Logistics Income fund (CHE.UN) tanked 8.70% to $8.81.

The S&P/TSX Energy Index was off .33% as the March crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange added 1.75% to US$40.78 a barrel. Natural gas sank .97% to $4.50.
Major Drilling Group (MDI) soared 13.87% to $14.53. Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) jumped 9.71% to $3.84. Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (PRE) was up 9.35% to $2.69. Petro Andina Resources Inc. (PAR) was up 9.08% to $6.49. Petrominerales Ltd. (PMG) higher by 5.55% to $7.80.
Total Energy Services Trust (TOT.UN) sank 6.94% to $3.35.

The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index lost .48% as the February bullion contract on the Nymex tanked $14.70 to US$892.50 an ounce.
Novagold Resources Inc. (NG) soared 7.75% to $4.31. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM) jumped 7.55% to $23.80. Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI) gained 7.21% to $5.50.
Detour Gold Corp. (DGC) dropped 5.00% to $8.17. Markland AGF Precious Metals (MPM) sank 5.80% to $5.20. Virginia Mines (VGQ) dropped 5.83% to $4.04.

Roger Biduk:
The S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index was down 1.40% and the S&P/TSX Capped Telecom Index was up .68%.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering (EXF) jumped 13.44% to $4.81. AXIA NetMedia Corp. (AXX) up 6.95% to $2.00. Mosaid Technologies Inc. (MSD) higher by 6.91% to $10.21.

The S&P/TSX Consumer Discretionary Index was up .36% and the S&P/TSX Consumer Staples Index was down .16%.
Winpak (WPK) tanked 6.01% to $6.57.

The S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index was lower by .29%.

The S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index dropped 1.20%.

The S&P/TSX Capped Industrial Index was up .96%.
ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA) gained 5.62% to $4.51. Sino-Forest Corp. (TRE) was up 5.06% to $9.13.
Martinrea International inc. (MRE) dropped 5.24% to $2.35. Canam Group Inc. (CAM) sank 7.39% to $6.39.

The S&P/TSX Capped Divesified Metals & Mining Index jumped 2.31% as aluminum gained 1.56%, copper soared 6.36% and silver dropped .93%.
Gerdau AmerSteel Corp. (GNA) rose 8.51% to $7.65.

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