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Article: Historic milestone for Toronto Stock Exchange
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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Toronto, May 21 -- North America's third largest stock exchange here - the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) - reached a milestone Tuesday when it crossed the 15,000-mark for the first time its more 150 years old history.
Fuelled by global oil prices which reached $130 a barrel, the TSX index stood at 15,047.34 at the end of the historic day.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has the world's largest number of more than 400 oil and gas companies listed on it.
With energy prices soaring 50 percent since the beginning of 2008, the Toronto Stock Exchange has risen almost 25 per cent since January when it hit a new low thanks to the ...