Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada June 27 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ottawa’s purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline will add C$6.5 billion in unplanned spending to the federal deficit for the 2018-19 fiscal year, said a study by the Institute for […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada June 26 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Major stock indexes were mainly flat this morning but remained on edge following Monday’s steep decline in Canadian and U.S. markets with investors jittery about a looming trade war between […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 25 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Harley-Davidson will be shifting some of its production to overseas factories for motorcycles destined for the European Union. The move is to help alleviate the impact of EU tariffs […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 22 (CNS) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries announced a hike in oil production Friday. The group met in Vienna where the issue of energy supply was front and centre. OPEC will release an additional one million barrels a day as part of the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada June 21 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump backed away from his tough stance of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border following public outrage. Families will now be kept […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 20 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Pope Francis has criticized the United States policy of separating immigrant families trying to enter the U.S. through Mexico calling it “contrary to our Catholic values…”. U.S. President Donald […] Read more

By Dave Sims, Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 19 (CNS) – Canadian National Railway is expanding its network in Saskatchewan. The company is investing over C$200 million in the province to increase capacity and network resiliency. The expansion will include construction of new double tracks in key areas and more capacity at the CN’s […] Read more

WINNIPEG, June 18, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Fears of a trade war between the United States and China sent stock markets around the world down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wall Street was down more than 200 points, while in Canada […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump announced Friday that tariffs on US$50 billion worth of Chinese imports would now be imposed. China has vowed to retaliate, and with the U.S. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union is facing a challenge from Italy, which says it will not ratify the deal without more […] Read more