Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 18 – The Canadian dollar was mostly unchanged against its US counterpart on Thursday. The commodity-linked loonie was feeling pressure from declines in the crude oil market. However, turbulence in global financial markets limited losses. At 9:15 CDT Thursday, the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7345 or US$=C$1.3614, which […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 18 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US jobless claims in the week ending May 13 fell 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 232,000, the country’s labour department said on Thursday. That pushed the country’s unemployment rate to a 28-and-a-half year low. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 17 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Financial markets are watching news out of Washington, DC, closely today, as concerns grow over turmoil in Donald Trump’s White House and the increasing possibility of impeachment. – The […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 16 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The Canadian Farm Input Price Index decreased 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016. The decline was attributable to lower prices for animal production, down 2.1 per cent, specifically livestock purchases, down […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 15 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Crude oil futures advanced to a two-week high on Monday, underpinned by a production cap extension. Officials from Russia and Saudi Arabia issued a statement saying they will be backing a nine-month extension of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 12 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – The US and China have reached a deal, which will allow the US to export beef to China, reports said on Friday. US beef had been banned in China since 2003, due to mad-cow […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 11 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – US jobless claims in the week ending May 6 fell 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 236,000, the lowest point since 1988. The data also marked the 114th consecutive week that claims have been below […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 10 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Import prices in the US were higher in April, according to reports out of the country on Wednesday, coming in above analyst expectations. Last month, import prices in the US advanced 0.5 per cent, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 9 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – Germany’s exports advanced to a record high in March, according to reports out of the country on Tuesday. Exports reached new highs, as they advanced 0.4 per cent in March from the month prior, […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 8 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. – China’s exports advanced eight per cent on a dollar-based year-over-year basis, according to reports out of the country on Monday. Imports were close to 12 per cent higher. Though both imports and exports posted […] Read more