Tuesday close: Financials, energy stocks send TSX sharply lower
Loonie sheds three-quarters of a cent
- By: Megan Harman
- September 1, 2009 September 1, 2009
- 15:40
Loonie sheds three-quarters of a cent
Oil prices edge higher
TSX slides more than 100 points
Consumer spending, housing investment improve in second quarter
Back-to-school spending on par with last year
Canadian GDP posts first monthly increase since July 2008
CWB, Laurentian earnings coming Thursday
U.S. markets finish mixed
Recovery could be stronger than expected
Heavy job losses in retail and wholesale trade
U.S. personal spending rises
U.S. markets finish higher
U.S. GDP contracts in second quarter
Housing data fails to boost U.S. indices
Deficit balloons to $6.9 billion
Insurance carriers contribute to declines in financial industries
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Number of beneficiaries up18.8% in second quarter
Canadian dollar rises
U.S. markets finish flat
Consumer and business confidence on the rise