Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 25 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar is up Friday morning along with equity markets. At 8:50 CST Friday morning the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7536 or C$1.3267, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.7490 or C$1.3351. The TSX/S&P Composite Index was up 60.25 points Friday […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 25 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – FBI agents in the United States arrested Roger Stone Friday morning facing charges of obstruction, witness tampering, and making false statements as part of the ongoing investigation being conducted […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 24 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar is holding near unchanged Thursday morning in light of the North American stock markets getting off to a mixed start. At 8:55 CST Thursday morning the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7491 or C$1.3347, which compares with Wednesday’s North American close of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 24 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared himself interim president of the South American country as protesters took to the streets this week in an effort to oust current […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 23 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Protestors opposed to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro plan on holding massive marches on Wednesday as part of ongoing efforts to overthrow the government. The United States government and other […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 22 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States will formally move ahead with the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou from Canada, according to reports. The Chinese executive has been under house arrest in […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 21 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May is set to unveil a new Brexit plan on Monday, a week after the previous plan was rejected by parliament. Dealing with the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was up at market close on Friday, as it and the Toronto Stock Exchange followed the United States stock markets. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7541 or US$1=C$1.3260, which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7522 or C$1.3294. The S&P/TSX Composite […] Read more

By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – There was another volley in the diplomatic spat between Canada and China on Thursday when the latter’s ambassador to Canada, Lu Shaye, waded in. Lu warned of possible repercussions […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was down at market close Thursday along with oil and gold. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7522 or US$1=C$1.3294, which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7548 or C$1.3248. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed Thursday at 15,211.22 up by 99.96 points. […] Read more