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Dow Jones: TORONTO Toronto and U.S. stock markets racked up losses Thursday amid a contraction in Chinese manufacturing that drove Tokyos Nikkei index down to levels not seen in more than two years, according to The Chronicle Herald. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials fell 12.67 points to 15,269.93, the S P 500 was down 4.84 points at 1,650.51 and the Nasdaq dipped 3.88 points to 3,459.42 and The S P/TSX composite index fell 94.14 points to 12,658.09, while the Canadian dollar rose 0.73 of a cent to 97.14 cents US. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.