Canadian Stocks Drop, Led by Barrick. Meridian, on Falling Metals Prices

(Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks dropped a fourth
straight day as Barrick Gold Corp. led raw-materials shares lower
on falling price for bullion and copper.

The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index declined 72.07, or
0.5 percent, to 13,996.09 as of 10:45 a.m. in Toronto, after
earlier climbing as much as 1 percent earlier on better-than-
expected earnings from natural-gas company EnCana Corp.. Yesterday,
the benchmark fell 400.17 points, or 2.8 percent, its worst drop
since April 2004.


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Canadian Stock Index Holds at Record as Gold Price Rises, Barrick Advances

(Bloomberg) -- Canada's main stock index held at a
record as rising bullion prices lifted shares of Barrick Gold Corp.
and other gold mining companies.

Research In Motion Ltd, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail phone,
gained after rival Motorola Inc., posted its second straight
quarterly loss. The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 5.55, or 0.04
percent, to 14,589.21.


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