MONEY IN BRIEF

Currencies

These are indicative wholesale rates for foreign currency provided by the Bank of Canada on Monday. Quotations in Canadian funds.

Australia dollar

Brazil real

China renminbi

Euro

Hong Kong dollar

India rupee

Indonesia rupiah

Japan yen

Malaysia ringgit

Mexico peso

N.Z. dollar

Norway krone

Peruvian new sol

Russia rouble

Saudi riyal

Singapore dollar

South Africa rand

South Korean won Sweden krona Switzerland franc Taiwanese dollar Thailand baht

Turkey lira

U.K. pound

U.S. dollar

Vietnam dong 0.9678 0.3683 0.2027 1.5509 0.1635 0.01931 0.000092 0.01174 0.3273 0.06847 0.9040 0.1602 0.3953 0.02040 0.3423 0.9687 0.10310 0.001200 0.1469 1.2957 0.04335 0.04066 0.3164 1.7656 1.2836 0.000056

Financial highlights

Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks:

S&P/TSX Composite Index – 15,607.88, down 61.05 points Dow – 24,163.15, down 148.04 points

S&P 500 – 2,648.05, down 21.86 points

Nasdaq – 7,066.27, down 53.53 points

Currencies:

Cdn – 77.91 cents US, up 0.13 of a cent

Pound – C$1.7656, down 0.61 of a cent

Euro – C$1.5509, down 0.49 of a cent

Euro – US$1.2082, down 0.19 of a cent

Oil futures:

US$68.57, up 47 cents

(June contract)

Gold futures:

US$1,319.20 per oz., down $4.20 (June contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$21.893 oz., down 15.5 cents $703.86 kg., down $4.98

The markets today

TORONTO (CP) — Canada’s main stock index fell in the first trading day after a technical problem shut down the Toronto Stock Exchange early at the end of last week, with one analyst noting the disruption raised some questions about the reliability of the exchange.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 61.05 points to 15,607.88.

Last Friday, a hardware failure forced the Canadian market to end the trading day early after both the primary and redundant components were affected, the TMX Group said. The problem also affected the TSX Venture Exchange, the TSX Alpha Exchange and the Montreal Exchange. But it’s unlikely there’s been a structural impact to the market, aside from some possible catchup trading on Monday, said Craig Fehr, a Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis. Instead, the reaction mainly involves questions around whether appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure a shut down won’t recur, he said.

“I think it’s much more just around the confidence that this type of issue isn’t going to happen again as we become a more electronic world, certainly a more electronic market,” he said.

“I think there’s always questions around what the potential is for disruptions.”

The TMX is committed to applying the lessons it learned from the Friday disruption to help it prevent future recurrences, said TMX CEO Lou Eccleston in a statement released Saturday.