·          TSX -163.98

·          DOW -132.86

·          Dollar -.87c to 93.43cUS

·          Oil -$.01 to $72.65US per barrel.

·          Gold -$28.90 to $1,106.80USD per ounce

·          Canadian 5 yr bond yields -.06 bps to 2.54. The spread based on the MERIX 5 yr rate published rate of 3.99% is 1.45%

·          http://www.financialpost.com/markets/market-data/money-yields-can_us.html?tmp=yields-can_us

The rate of return on your bond, can be read through a yield curve, If the increase in bond yield continues to go up, the spread will continue to shrink and this could be a trigger for interest rates to rise. Ideally lenders are looking for a spread between 1.35 and 1.55

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