Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 16 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US homebuilding was at an eight-month-low in May, according to reports on Friday. Homebuilding dropped for three consecutive months into May. – Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled C$10.6 billion in April, mainly acquisitions […] 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. – Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is expected to gather with Mexico’s agriculture minister Jose Calzada and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue next week. The meeting, expected to take place […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada June 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A breaking story out of Virginia reports five people were shot at a baseball practice involving Republican politicians and officials. Steve Scalise, the third-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 13 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The US Federal Reserve is holding its two-day monetary policy meeting this week. Many market watchers expect officials will raise the country’s interest rates following an announcement on Wednesday, June 14. – Canada’s net […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 12 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Britain’s consumer spending dropped for the first time in four years in May, according to figures from financial services and credit card company Visa. That indicates consumers were cautious ahead of last week’s general […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 9 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The Conservative party won the 2017 UK general election, but sacrificed the parliamentary majority leader Theresa May had previously held. The Labour party gained 31 seats, which introduced a sense of uncertainty, pressuring the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The UK is having its general election on Thursday. Conservative Theresa May is up against the Labour party’s Jeremy Corbyn. – Buyers of new homes in Canada saw prices rise 0.8 per cent in […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 7 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The world’s economy is expected to advance at the fastest pace in six years, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s most recent economic outlook. The report, which was released on Wednesday, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, June 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Tensions between Qatar and a number of other nearby countries remained at the forefront of the financial markets on Tuesday following yesterday’s move by Saudi Arabia and others to […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, MB, June 5, 2017 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US productivity was steady in the first quarter, according to reports on Monday. Hourly output per hour was pegged at a 0.6 per cent annualized rate, reports say. – Crude […] Read more