Canadian Shares Rise to 30-Month High; Miners Lead Rally as Metals Prices Gain
BY Midnight Trader
— 12:58 PM ET 02/07/2011
12:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 02/07/2011 (MidnightTrader) -- Canadian stocks reach a 30-month high, helped by gains in metals prices. Copper hit a new record on concerns about supply, especially from top producer Chile. On the economic front, Statistics Canada says the value of Canadian building permits increased 2.4% to $5.7 billion in December, following two consecutive months of declines. In company news, Crystallex International (
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) slides after it said that a state-owned Venezuelan company unilaterally decided to end their contract on Las Cristinas project, its largest asset. Manulife (MFC) gains on a new neutral rating from Macquarie Group Ltd. Bank of Montreal (
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) firms on an upgrade to buy from hold at Canaccord Genuity. The S&P/TSX index was last up 0.4% at 13,846.80.
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