Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 26 Palestinians over the past day, including nine children, according to reports. Meanwhile, hundreds of rockets fired by Gaza militants into Israel killed two Israeli […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A major United States pipeline remained shut down on Monday after a cyber-attack on Friday forced the Colonial Pipeline Company to halt operations. With more than 5,500 miles of pipeline, […] Read more

WINNIPEG, May 7 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States jobs data for April came in well below expectations, with only 266,000 jobs added to the country’s economy, according to a report from the U.S. Labor Department. Pre-report expectations had been for jobs […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China has announced that it will suspend all economic discussions with Australia “indefinitely” amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countries. “Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and […] Read more

WINNIPEG, May 5 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Facebook’s oversight board has upheld a ban on Donald Trump, keeping the former United States President off of the social media platform for the time being. Trump was suspended after the Jan. 6 riot at […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A rail overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City Monday evening, killing at least 23 people and hospitalizing 65 more, according to reports. The precarious situation hampered rescue efforts […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, May 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Foreign ministers from the G7, including Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau and Minister of International Development Karina Gould, are meeting in person for the first time in over a year in […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada announced on Friday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4 per cent month-to-month in February, compared to economists’ prediction of a 0.5 per cent gain. The report also provided a preliminary estimate for […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada’s House of Commons approved legislation last night which would end a strike at the Port of Montreal. Every Conservative MP, as well as all but three Liberal MPs voted yes on Bill C-29 by a margin of […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Retail sales in Canada increased by 4.8 per cent last February compared to January, according to a Statistics Canada report released earlier today. In February, sales totalled C$55.1 billion and were fueled by gains reported by motor vehicle […] Read more