Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,332.70	-21.72	-0.14%
S&P 500	1,666.18	-1.29	-0.08%
Nasdaq	3,501.45	+2.48	0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,332.70

-21.72

-0.14%

S&P 500

1,666.18

-1.29

-0.08%

Nasdaq

3,501.45

+2.48

0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,810.05	-7.94	-0.28%
FTSE 100	6,728.86	+5.80	0.09%
DAX	8,423.06	+25.06	0.30%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,810.05

-7.94

-0.28%

FTSE 100

6,728.86

+5.80

0.09%

DAX

8,423.06

+25.06

0.30%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,360.80	+222.69	1.47%
Hang Seng	23,493.00	+410.35	1.78%
S&P/ASX 200	5,209.04	+28.26	0.55%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,360.80

+222.69

1.47%

Hang Seng

23,493.00

+410.35

1.78%

S&P/ASX 200

5,209.04

+28.26

0.55%

Bank of Canada Buys C$1.36 Billion of Securities for One Day

By Greg Quinn - 2012-12-04T17:03:43Z

The Bank of Canada bought C$1.36 billion ($1.37 billion) 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 C$755 million, in transactions announced on its website today. The purchases follow ones yesterday worth C$985 million.

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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