· TSX -158.33pts (Reuters)prompted by weak financials, as worries over growing fallout from the credit crisis rattled investor confidence. Home-grown anxiety also weighed on the large financial sector as the major Canadian banks are set to report quarterly results this week.
· Dow -241.81pts In New York, stocks fell sharply on credit concerns, while global growth worries stung big technology and industrial companies.
· Dollar -.21c to $95.16US A negative tone in North American equity markets hurt the Canadian dollar, as financials sold off on both sides of the border on credit market fears, and the heavyweight energy sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange fell as oil prices fluctuated
· Oil +$.52to $115.11US per barrel
· Gold -$7.80 to $819.90US per ounce
Data on gross domestic product for the second quarter will be released on Friday. That will also be the last major piece of data before the Bank of Canada makes its Sept. 3 rate announcement.
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