Markets set for quiet year-ending week, Toronto market reopens ...
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TORONTO (CP) - North American stock markets sitting at multi-year highs appear set to end 2005 fairly quietly on thin trading this week, with the Toronto Stock Exchange closed Monday and Tuesday.
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U.S. stocks were set for a subdued start  on Tuesday ahead of a central bank meeting that is set to keep  key rates unchanged as trading activity begins to wind down for  the year.
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LONDON : European shares slipped back in light trading with the London Stock Exchange closed for a bank holiday and New York investors expected to take it easy while the Republican convention is in town.
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U.S. stocks should hold firm next week with little economic data or corporate news on tap to move the market going into the Christmas holiday, strategists said.
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NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 - Wall Street was poised for another quiet week as many traders and money managers prepared to leave town ahead of the Republican National Convention.
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Stocks were set to open flat on Friday, with investors expecting the market to stem recent losses, while high oil prices fueled concerns of slowing corporate profits and consumer spending.
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European stock markets looked likely to open little changed on Tuesday as investors awaited the return of their US counterparts after the previous session's Labour Day holiday.
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US stocks are expected to open little changed on Thursday ahead of the long Christmas weekend, but a raft of economic data and the latest fall in oil prices could move the market.
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Stocks were set to open flat on  Monday, with investors awaiting a flow of corporate earnings  results to give the market direction after starting the new  year down.
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By MADLEN READ  NEW YORK - Investors better have rested up over the long weekend. This week may be short, but it's heavy on data that spans employment, housing, manufacturing, consumer sentiment and inflation.
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European and Asian stocks started off the week in positive territory Monday, amid quiet trading as the U.S. markets remained closed for a public holiday.
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U.S. stocks looked set for little  change at the open on Friday as losses in previous sessions  were seen leveling off, but high oil prices and their possible  effect on corporate profits and consumer spending remain a  worry for investors.
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Another indication of lacklustre job creation in the United States is likely to keep stock markets static this week, but the Canadian dollar could get a boost if the Bank of Canada decides to hike interest rates tomorrow.
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U.S. share markets are expected to open  firmer on Friday, rebounding from multi-week lows ahead of the  holiday weekend and next week's earnings deluge.
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Asia's financial markets got off to a calm start to the week on Monday with investors waiting to hear from top central banks what to make of the turmoil that has kept markets on edge for weeks.
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European equity markets were heading for a subdued open on Monday as Wall Street was to remain closed for a public holiday. US industrial production data in the previous session should underpin the market however.
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Stock futures pointed to a flat market   open on Wednesday as investors backed off four-month highs   reached on Tuesday and crude oil prices hovered around   six-month lows, easing inflation concerns.