Currency Markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 17 – The Canadian dollar had minimal change on Thursday as traders were generally risk-adverse in the wake of the latest round of sanctions levied against Russia by the United States, analysts say. At 9:05 CDT Thursday morning, the Canadian dollar was at US$0.9305 or US$1 = C$1.0750, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 16 – The Canadian dollar firmed against the US dollar on Wednesday, breaking back above the 93 cents US mark. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9306 or US$1=C$1.0746 on Wednesday, which compares with Tuesday’s North American settlement of US$0.9295 or US$1=C$1.0758. The Bank of Canada released its latest […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 16 – The Canadian dollar was slightly lower Wednesday morning ahead of the Bank of Canada announcement on interest rates. At 8:53 CDT Wednesday morning, the loonie was at US$0.9292 or C$1.0766, down 0.03 of a cent since Tuesday’s close. Economists expect that the Bank of Canada will […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 15 – The Canadian dollar was sharply lower against the US dollar on Tuesday, falling below the 93 cents US mark. Much of the weakness was linked to expectations that the Bank of Canada will make dovish remarks about the Canadian economy in their policy announcement on Wednesday, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 15 – The Canadian dollar was lower against its US counterpart at midday Tuesday, just a day before the Bank of Canada was expected to make a decision regarding the country’s interest rate. The central bank is widely expected to keep the rate at one percent. Investors will […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 15 – The Canadian dollar was lower on Tuesday, as traders await the Wednesday announcement on interest rates from the Bank of Canada. At 9:15 CDT Tuesday morning, the Canadian dollar was down 0.15 of a cent from Monday’s close to sit at US$0.9318 or US$1 = C$1.0722. […] Read more

Previous version had wrong days for currency and bond quotes (ie. said Friday, when should have said Monday) By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 14 – The Canadian dollar was firmer relative to the US dollar on Monday, seeing a recovery following Friday’s sharp drop in value, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 14 – The Canadian dollar was firmer relative to the US dollar on Monday, seeing a recovery following Friday’s sharp drop in value, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9333 or US$1=C$1.0715 on Friday, which compares with Thursday’s North American settlement of US$0.9316 or US$1=C$1.0734. The evening […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 14 – The following are the closing cash grain prices from ICE Futures Canada. Values are based on the commodity being delivered at Thunder Bay, Ontario, unless otherwise noted. Source: ICE Futures Canada Price Change CANOLA *Par Region 439.90 dn 9.50 Basis: Thunder Bay 1 Can 483.40 up […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 14 – The Canadian dollar corrected higher against its US counterpart at midday Monday, after tumbling three quarters of a cent on disappointing jobs data released Friday. Investors are looking ahead to the release of the Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report on Wednesday. It is expected that […] Read more