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TORONTO - Highlights at the close of Tuesday's world financial market trading: Stocks:

S&P/TSX Composite Index - 12,146.76 down 487.88 points

S&P/TSX 60 - 724.46 down 29.93 points; Dow - 11,230.73 down 280.01 points; S & P 500 - 1,224.51 down 43.28 points; Nasdaq - 2,209.81 down 59.95 points; Tokyo Nikkei - 12,400.65 down 223.81 points

TSX Venture Exchange - 1,621.26 down 150.37 points; Nasdaq Canada - 950.36 down 41.72 points

Oils spot:

Light, sweet crude: US$103.26 down $3.08

(for Oct. delivery)

Currency:

Cdn - 93.41 cents US, down 0.51 of a cent

Pound Sterling - C$1.8828, up 0.97 of a cent

Euro - C$1.5101, up 0.42 of a cent

Euro - US$1.4105, down 0.39 of a cent

Gold:

New York Merc - US$787.10, down $10.40

Gold futures:

New York - US$792.00, down $10.50

(Dec. delivery)

Silver:

N.Y. Handy and Harman: US$11.595, down $2.125

Cdn. Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$12.847 oz., down $0.341

$413.03 kg., down $10.96