Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,269.30	-37.85	-0.25%
S&P 500	1,648.58	-6.77	-0.41%
Nasdaq	3,450.80	-12.49	-0.36%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,269.30

-37.85

-0.25%

S&P 500

1,648.58

-6.77

-0.41%

Nasdaq

3,450.80

-12.49

-0.36%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,776.78	-58.23	-2.05%
FTSE 100	6,696.79	-143.48	-2.10%
DAX	8,351.98	-178.91	-2.10%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,776.78

-58.23

-2.05%

FTSE 100

6,696.79

-143.48

-2.10%

DAX

8,351.98

-178.91

-2.10%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,484.00	-1,143.28	-7.32%
Hang Seng	22,669.70	-591.40	-2.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,062.45	-102.92	-1.99%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,484.00

-1,143.28

-7.32%

Hang Seng

22,669.70

-591.40

-2.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,062.45

-102.92

-1.99%

Bank of Canada Buys C$985 Million of Securities for One Day

By Greg Quinn - 2012-12-03T19:52:55Z

The Bank of Canada bought C$985 million ($990 million) of securities for one day, aiming to keep overnight lending rates close to its current target of 1 percent.

The Ottawa-based central bank increased the total purchase from an initial total of C$555 million. The transactions were announced on the bank’s website today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Quinn in Ottawa at gquinn1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Chris Wellisz at cwellisz@bloomberg.net

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