By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, August 28 – The Canadian dollar ended relatively
unchanged against its US counterpart on Monday. Weakness in oil
prices were offset by gains in gold, silver and natural gas.
There are no major domestic production reports expected
this week.
The Canadian dollar ended Monday at US$0.8012 cents or
C$1.2482, compared to Friday’s North American close of US$0.8005
or C$1.2492.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell by 3.96
points, or 0.03% to 15,052.03.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–up $ 0.22 at $ 24.27
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 0.68 at $120.36
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.19
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.19 at $ 34.34
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.11 at $ 21.45
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
