By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, September 8 – The Canadian dollar ended the week
relative unchanged, versus its US counterpart.
Losses in crude oil and natural gas were bearish for the
commodity-backed currency. Gains in gold bullion helped offset
some of the losses.
The Canadian economy added just over 22,000 jobs in August,
which was supportive. The country’s unemployment rate also fell
for a third-straight month.
The Canadian dollar ended Friday at US$0.8243 cents or
C$1.2132, compared to Thursday’s North American close of
US$0.8232 or C$1.2148.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite Index declined by 39.21
points, or 0.26% to 14,985.32.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.05 at $ 25.73
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 0.70 at $121.78
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.45
Maple Leaf Foods————-up $ 0.15 at $ 34.45
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.08 at $ 21.65
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
