Global markets

By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso on Tuesday has been found dead. The body of Kirk Woodman, an employee of the Vancouver-based Progress Minerals, was discovered on Wednesday […] Read more

By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 16 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – An opinion poll by the Angus Reid Institute found 58 per cent of the 4,024 Canadians polled believe the country has a pipeline capacity crisis. The inability to move […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 15 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was virtually unchanged at market close Tuesday amid positive gains in the major North American stock markets, which were aided by the increase in oil. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7538 or US$1=C$1.3266, which compares with Monday’s close of US$0.7536 […] Read more

By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A war of words continues to brew between Canada and China following a Chinese court handing a Canadian the death sentence after being retried for drug smuggling on Monday. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 14 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was down slightly at market close Monday in light of a dim forecast from JPMorgan Chase and Company. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7536 or US$1=C$1.3269, which compares with Friday’s close of US$0.7542 or C$1.3259. This year’s forecast for the […] Read more

By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet Monday morning following Treasury Board President Scott Brison’s announcement on Friday he was leaving politics. Trudeau moved Minister of Indigenous Affairs […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 11 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United States consumer price index declined by 0.1 per cent in December, marking the first fall in nine months, according to a report from the country’s Labor Department. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 10 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being questioned after it was announced Thursday that opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi won the vote, held Dec. 30. Runner-up Martin […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 9, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Unionized workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont. are holding a work stoppage Wednesday morning after GM has confirmed it is closing the plant. Unifor president Jerry […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 8 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump will hold a televised national address Tuesday evening in which he is expected to make his case for building a wall along the Mexico/U.S. […] Read more