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Weekly Update – By The Numbers

North America

• The TSX closed at 16,013, down -77 points or -0.48% over the past week. YTD the TSX is down -1.21%.
• The DOW closed at 26,155, up 238 points or 0.92% over the past week. YTD the DOW is 5.81%.
• The S&P closed at 2,905, up 33 points or 1.15 % over the past week. YTD the S&P is up 8.64%.
• The NASDAQ closed at 8,010, up 107 points or 1.35% over the past week. YTD the NASDAQ is up 16.04%.
• Gold closed at 1,198, down 4.00 points or -0.33% over the past week. YTD gold is down -8.55%.
• Oil closed at 68.98, up 1.12 points or 1.65% over the past week. YTD oil is up 14.17%.
• The USD/CAD closed at 0.79, up 0.0098 points or -1.29% over the past week. YTD the USD/CAD is down -3.59%.

Europe/Asia

• The Euro Stoxx 50 closed at 3,345, up 52 points or 1.58% over the past week. YTD the Euro Stoxx 50 is down -4.54%.
• The FTSE closed at 7,304, up 26 points or 0.36% over the past week. YTD the FTSE is down -4.99%.
• The CAC closed at 5,353, up 101 points or 1.92% over the past week. YTD the CAC is up 0.75%.
• DAX closed at 12,124, up 164 points or 1.37% over the past week. YTD DAX is down -6.15%.
• Nikkei closed at 23,095, up 788 points or 3.53% over the past week. YTD Nikkei is up 1.45%.
• The Shanghai closed at 2,682, down -20 points or -0.74% over the past week. YTD the Shanghai is down -18.90%.
• The MSCI closed at 2,163, up 25 points or 1.17 % over the past week. YTD the MSCI is up 2.85%.

Fixed Income

• The 10-Yr Bond Yield closed at 2.99, up 0.049 points or 1.67 % over the past week. YTD the 10-Yr Bond yield is up 24.58%.

Sources: Yahoo! Finance

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