By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, June 15 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was weaker
against its U.S. counterpart on Friday morning, tracking losses in
crude oil, gold bullion and natural gas prices.
The loonie was also pressured by a fall in Canadian factory
sales. Manufacturing shipments dropped 1.3 per cent in April to
C$56.23 billion.
Out-of-country investors bought C$9.13 billion worth of
Canadian securities in April, which was the largest amount since
November.
At 9:10 CDT Friday morning the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7593
or C$1.3170 which compares with Thursday’s North American close of
US$0.7662 or C$1.3052.
At 9:10 CDT Thursday morning, the TSX was down 41.54 points,
or 0.25%, at 16,292.20.
