gestern ganz gut gehalten die relative gesamtstärke bzw. erholung ist beachtlich!!!
Toronto stocks slammed by falling resource issues Tue Sep 2, 2008
* Index logs biggest percentage decline since January
* Resources fall along with commodity prices (Updates closing numbers, adds details)
The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index was hammered by a selloff in resources on Tuesday, plunging more than 3 percent as commodity prices fell, marking its worst day in more than seven months.
The heavyweight energy sector led the slide as oil prices slid on fading concerns over the impact from Hurricane Gustav on the U.S. oil industry.
Oil settled down $5.75 at $109.71 a barrel as reports suggested oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico had weathered the storm with only minor damage. Suncor Energy (SU.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) fell 9.6 percent to C$54.91.
The resource-laden materials sector also yanked the Toronto index lower, as it was hurt by falling prices of gold and other metals, which followed oil's example. Inmet Mining (IMN.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) slid 7 percent to C$59.50.
The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE closed down 471.51 points, or 3.42 percent, at 13,299.74 with all 10 of its main sectors ending lower. It was the biggest one-day percentage loss since January when Bay Street was knocked down by fears over the prospects for the U.S. economy.
The energy and materials sectors, which account for more than half of the index, shed 6.5 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively.
Other laggards included Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (POT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which fell 6.5 percent to C$172.70, while Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) slumped 6.5 percent to C$84.73.
Analysts said that with the threat of Gustav passed, worries had turned to concerns of falling demand in the face of a weak global economic outlook. ----------- An der Börse sind 2 mal 2 niemals 4, sondern 5 minus 1. Man muß nur die Nerven haben, das minus 1 auszuhalten.
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