By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, July 6 – The Canadian dollar advanced against its US counterpart on Thursday, following gains in crude oil and metals.
Trading was range-bound ahead of June labour figures, which will be released on Thursday.
The loonie ended Thursday at US$0.7724 cents or C$1.2946, compared to Wednesday’s close of US$0.7703 or C$1.2982.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 75.12 points, or 0.50%, to 15,078.00.
Losses in mining and technology pointed the way lower. Barrick Gold suffered a loss of 1.6% on the day while Lundin Mining declined 1.5%.
Tech giant Blackberry also took a hit, losing 1.8%.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–up $ 0.13 at $ 23.56
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 0.92 at $117.25
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.23
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.03 at $ 32.59
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.18 at $ 21.07
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
