Global markets

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prices at the fuel pump could rise again as the OPEC+ alliance is poised to cut crude oil production. Reports on Thursday said Iraq and Kuwait threw their support behind […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As part of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Canada, an agreement was signed on Tuesday that will see Canadian lithium, nickel, cobalt and graphite purchased by Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At nearly C$2.6 billion in profits during the third quarter, the Bank of Nova Scotia reported on Tuesday that’s almost a two per cent improvement over the same quarter a […] Read more

Compiled by Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 22 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Ukraine issued a demand on Monday that called on Canada to cancel a special waiver regarding gas turbines are that are crucial to Germany’s natural gas imports from Russia. The […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A Michigan state judge declared on Thursday that the dispute between Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 cross-border oil and gas pipeline should be settled in federal court, siding with the latter. Since December 2020, […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday. They will discuss solutions to the war, address global food supplies and […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – For the first time in a year, Canada’s annual rate of inflation dropped from the month before. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that the rate declined 0.5 percentage points to 7.6 per cent in July. Gasoline prices were […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported on Monday that manufacturing sales dropped 0.8 per cent to C$71.8 billion in June, compared to a 1.1 per cent decline in May. Sales in the petroleum and coal industry fell 7.8 per cent in […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 11 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Satellite images of a Russian air base in Crimea show extensive damage, suggesting Ukraine may have increased its long-range missile capacity and potentially changing the course of the war, according to reports. Russia has […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 10 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Consumer prices in the United States held steady in July after moving up 1.3 per cent on a monthly basis in June as a 20 per cent drop in gasoline costs helped slow the […] Read more