By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Feb. 1 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was up at market close Friday, following the price of oil.
The dollar finished the day at US$0.7637 or US$1=C$1.3095, which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7608 or C$1.3144.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed Friday after losing 34.29 points to finish at 15,506.31 points.
In the United States, the major stock markets ended trading on a mixed note. The Dow Jones was up 64.22 points to end the week at 25,063.89 points and the S&P 500 gained 2.43 points to finish at 2,706.53. The NASDAQ slid 17.87 points ending the day at 7,263,87 points.
Oil was up on Friday as West Texas Intermediate crude oil gained US$1.54 to close at US$55.33 per barrel.
Gold was down by US$2.00 on Friday to US$1,323.10 per ounce.
Canada’s agricultural sector faired as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients———dn $ 0.08 at $ 16.38
Buhler Industries—————-unchanged at $ 3.61
Linamar Corp.——————–dn $ 0.26 at $ 50.68
Maple Leaf Foods—————–up $ 0.37 at $ 29.63
Nutrien Ltd.———————up $ 0.23 at $ 68.30
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.—-up $ 0.04 at $ 47.27
Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc.–up $ 0.04 at $ 8.81
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
