TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE

摘要

The first half of September has been kind to the S&P/TSX Venture composite index. Over the Sept. 8-14 reporting period, the Venture board added to gains made earlier in the month, closing up 24.58 points at 1,253.83. Not only did trading volume show stamina over the period, never less than 100 million shares on any given day and averaging 116 million shares, but it began the five-day period with a sprint of 136 million, the highest single-day volume since May. Not surprisingly, the strong performance on the Venture board was matched by bullish commodity prices. Gold, for example, broke the benchmark of 1,000 US dollars per oz. The resurgent interest in metals funnelled cash into a slew of companies, pumping up many of their share prices to yearly records. The number of companies reaching 52-week highs outnumbered those sinking to lows by nearly 4 to 1.