Table 19
Selected stock prices and capital market yields
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| 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 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 |
Last business day. Weighted mid-term bond index
based on forty bonds covering a 5 to 15 year spectrum.
Scotia Capital Inc.
Mid-market closing prices for last Wednesday
of direct issues due or callable in 10 years.
Daily average for last week of issues due or
callable in 10 years. United States Federal Reserve Bulletin.
Last Wednesday.
Last Wednesday. Adjusted to 365-day true
yield basis from 360-day basis.
Average of rates of Thursday tender following
the last Wednesday.
Average of rates of the last full week of the
month ending Friday.
Expressed as annual yield. Last Wednesday.
Source(s):
Bank of Canada, except as indicated.
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