Drill it and they will come
whoa gold hits a new record and "my drill it and they will come" gets inflated lol lol
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Toronto stocks jump on record gold, oil prices
Reuters
January 02, 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Record high gold and oil prices propelled the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index higher on Wednesday, as it rang in the new year with robust gains among resource shares.
The materials sector led the advance, rising 3.8 percent, while its gold subsector soared 7.5 percent as the price of gold touched a record $861.10 an ounce, helped by a weaker U.S. dollar and international political tensions.
Meanwhile, the heavyweight energy sector climbed 2.1 percent as oil briefly hit the highly anticipated $100 a barrel mark amid violence in oil-producer Nigeria and tight energy stockpiles. Crude eased to $99.62, but was still up $3.64.
Barrick Gold <
ABX.TO> rose C$3.87, or 9.3 percent, to C$45.65, while Canadian Natural Resources <
CNQ.TO> was up C$1.57, or 2.2 percent, at C$74.15.
"Clearly what we're seeing is a strong rally on the commodities side, which I think has offset what we might otherwise have seen as a weak day with weaker news coming out of the U.S.," said Kate Warne, Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, Missouri.
The S&P/TSX composite index <.GSPTSE> closed up 93.70 points, or 0.68 percent, at 13,926.76 in the first trading day of the year.
Despite the sharp advance, only four of the
TSX's 10 main groups ended in positive territory.
The strong boost from commodity prices helped the resource-laden index overcome worries about a recession south of the border, as U.S. manufacturing data pointed to signs of a contraction.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing survey index showed factory activity fell to 47.7 in December, its weakest level since April 2003.
In Toronto, financial
stocks led the downside, falling 1.6 percent. Bank of Montreal <
BMO.TO> was off 73 Canadian cents, or 1.3 percent, at C$55.60, while Bank of Nova Scotia <
BNS.TO> slid 65 Canadian cents, or 1.3 percent, to C$49.63.
