By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, February 16 – The Canadian dollar suffered tiny
losses against its US counterpart on Thursday, in narrow
trading.
The Canadian dollar closed at C$0.7645 or US$1=C$1.3080,
compared to Wednesday’s close of C$0.7646 or US$1=C$1.3075.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose on Thursday, taking
strength from gains in mining companies and the tech industry.
Constellation Software jumped 3.1% on the day while
Computer Modelling Group led the TSX’s information technology
sector with an increase of 4.2%.
The index was up 19.22 points or 0.1% to 15,864.17.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 1.00 at $ 34.05
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 1.50 at $136.06
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.90
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.23 at $ 30.26
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.29 at $ 24.47
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
