Table 19
Selected stock prices and capital market yields

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Selected stock prices and capital market yields: Part 1
Period Stocks prices Selected capital market yields
Canada United States Long-term
Toronto Stock Exchange SandP/TSX composite index (1975=1,000) Standard and Poor's composite 500  (1941-43=10) Canadian industrials average 1 Government of Canada 2 United States government 3
  index percent
2006  
December 12,908.4 1,418.3 4.64 4.05 4.66
2007  
January 13,034.1 1,438.2 4.76 4.17 4.83
February 13,045.0 1,406.8 4.59 4.03 4.56
March 13,165.5 1,420.9 4.67 4.10 4.62
April 13,416.7 1,482.4 4.80 4.15 4.66
May 14,056.8 1,530.6 5.18 4.48 4.88
June 13,906.6 1,503.4 5.37 4.62 5.09
July 13,868.6 1,455.3 .. 4.58 4.92
August 13,660.5 1,474.0 .. 4.38 4.57
September 14,098.9 1,526.8 .. 4.41 4.63
October 14,625.0 1,549.4 .. 4.31 4.48
November 13,689.1 1,481.1 .. 4.07 4.03
December 13,833.1 1,468.4 .. 4.09 4.30
2008  
January 13,155.1 1,378.6 .. 3.88 3.78
February 13,582.7 1,330.6 .. 3.81 3.85
March 13,350.1 1,322.7 .. 3.46 3.51
April 13,937.0 1,385.6 .. 3.58 3.77
May 14,714.7 1,400.4 .. 3.68 4.03
June 14,467.0 1,280.0 .. 3.71 4.12
July 13,592.9 1,267.4 .. 3.81 4.07
August 13,771.2 1,282.8 .. 3.52 3.77
September 11,752.9 1,164.7 .. 3.66 3.80
October 9,762.8 968.8 .. 3.74 3.93
November 9,270.6 896.2 .. 3.36 2.99
December 8,987.7 903.2 .. 2.69 2.25
2009  
January 8,694.9 825.9 .. 2.97 2.71
February 8,123.0 735.1 .. 2.95 2.95
March 8,720.4 797.9 .. 2.96 2.81
April 9,324.8 872.8 .. 3.08 3.12
May 10,370.1 919.1 .. 3.57 3.71
June 10,374.9 919.3 .. 3.45 3.72
July 10,787.2 987.5 .. 3.53 3.69
August 10,868.2 1,020.6 .. 3.39 3.44
September 11,395.0 1,057.1 .. 3.31 3.31
October 10,910.8 1,036.2 .. 3.45 3.44
November 11,447.2 1,095.6 .. 3.25 3.28
December 11,746.1 1,115.1 .. 3.60 3.80
2010  
January 11,094.3 1,073.9 .. 3.35 3.66
February 11,629.6 1,104.5 .. 3.45 3.70
Selected stock prices and capital market yields: Part 2
  Selected capital market yields   Forward premium (+) or discount (-), United States dollar in Canada 3 month 8
Short-term
Financial company paper 3 month Commercial paper 3 month Treasury bills 3 month
Canadian 4 United States 5 Canadian 6 United States 7 Eurodollars 8
  percent
2006  
December 4.33 .. 4.16 4.85 5.43 -1.08
2007  
January 4.33 5.25 4.17 4.98 5.43 -0.90
February 4.35 5.26 4.19 5.03 5.41 -1.07
March 4.35 5.27 4.16 4.94 5.41 -1.08
April 4.35 5.28 4.16 4.87 5.42 -1.06
May 4.43 5.28 4.29 4.73 5.42 -0.98
June 4.58 5.35 4.42 4.61 5.41 -0.83
July 4.70 5.30 4.57 4.82 5.41 -0.70
August 5.09 5.30 3.83 4.20 5.73 -0.65
September 5.03 4.85 3.97 3.89 5.30 -0.36
October 4.70 4.52 3.96 3.90 4.92 -0.13
November 4.84 4.51 3.91 3.27 5.32 -0.16
December 4.80 4.22 3.86 3.00 5.17 -0.29
2008  
January 3.95 2.94 3.41 2.75 3.14 0.78
February 3.84 2.71 3.24 2.12 3.16 0.70
March 3.57 2.14 1.72 1.26 2.10 0.76
April 3.25 1.94 2.68 1.29 3.04 0.28
May 3.11 2.12 2.68 1.73 2.84 0.41
June 3.21 2.30 2.60 1.86 3.04 0.40
July 3.27 2.00 2.41 1.63 3.04 0.40
August 3.25 .. 2.42 1.72 3.04 0.43
September 3.45 2.26 1.92 1.13 5.07 -0.55
October 2.95 1.98 1.98 0.67 4.56 -0.63
November 2.68 1.24 1.70 0.19 3.04 -0.43
December 2.22 .. 0.83 0.03 1.77 0.03
2009  
January 1.30 0.43 0.83 0.13 1.52 0.13
February 1.23 0.52 0.67 0.30 1.67 -0.16
March 1.05 0.51 0.39 0.21 1.62 -0.46
April 0.70 0.22 0.22 0.06 1.42 -0.30
May 0.60 0.25 0.20 0.18 1.27 -0.22
June 0.54 0.26 0.24 0.18 1.06 -0.21
July 0.40 .. 0.23 0.18 0.76 -0.15
August 0.43 0.21 0.21 0.17 0.56 -0.04
September 0.39 0.23 0.22 0.12 0.56 -0.04
October 0.38 0.24 0.22 0.07 0.46 0.00
November 0.39 0.14 0.22 0.05 0.46 0.00
December 0.38 .. 0.19 0.05 0.46 0.00
2010  
January 0.38 0.07 0.16 0.06 0.41 0.04
February 0.37 0.16 0.16 0.11 0.41 0.08
1.
Last business day. Weighted mid-term bond index based on forty bonds covering a 5 to 15 year spectrum. Scotia Capital Inc.
2.
Mid-market closing prices for last Wednesday of direct issues due or callable in 10 years.
3.
Daily average for last week of issues due or callable in 10 years. United States Federal Reserve Bulletin.
4.
Last Wednesday.
5.
Last Wednesday. Adjusted to 365-day true yield basis from 360-day basis.
6.
Average of rates of Thursday tender following the last Wednesday.
7.
Average of rates of the last full week of the month ending Friday.
8.
Expressed as annual yield. Last Wednesday.
Source(s):
Bank of Canada, except as indicated.