By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Nov. 9 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was
slightly down at market close Friday.
The loonie closed at US$0.7572 or US$1=C$1.3206, which
compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7625 or C$1.3114.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed at 15,274.44, down 83.03
points.
Oil fell for a tenth straight day, finishing below US$60 a
barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude oil slipped 83 US cents to
close Friday at US$59.84 per barrel. A United States federal
judge in Montana ruled Friday there is to be another
environmental review of the Keystone XL Pipeline. TransCanada
Inc., the company wanting to the build the controversial
pipeline to carry crude from Alberta to Nebraska, said it will
study the ruling.
Gold as well dropped Friday by US$15.00 to US$1,210.10 per
ounce.
Canada’s agricultural sector faired as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients———up $ 0.06 at $ 17.70
Buhler Industries—————-up $ 0.02 at $ 3.94
Linamar Corp.——————–dn $ 1.58 at $ 48.21
Maple Leaf Foods—————–dn $ 0.13 at $ 29.67
Nutrien Ltd.———————dn $ 0.44 at $ 74.08
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.—-up $ 2.59 at $ 46.66
Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc.–dn $ 0.06 at $ 9.25
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
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