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Non-Resource: Job Creation

job creation: The S P/TSX composite index closed down 36.04 points to 12,373.3, with the market finding support from most non-resource sectors, according to Times Colonist. Economists had expected job creation somewhere in the neighbourhood of 15,000 last month and TORONTO - Gold and base metal stocks pushed the Toronto stock market lower amid stronger-than-expected job creation numbers in Canada and U.S. for May. Statistics Canada reported 95,000 jobs were created in May, most of them full-time positions. Also, the unemployment rate moved down to 7.1 per cent from 7.2 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.