By Commodity News Service Canada
     WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was down at market close Thursday along with oil and gold.
     The dollar finished the day at US$0.7522 or US$1=C$1.3294, which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7548 or C$1.3248.
     The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed Thursday at 15,211.22 up by 99.96 points.
     Optimism on the major United States stock markets for progress towards resolving the U.S./China trade war had them finishing on the plus side on Thursday.
	
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Oil was down slightly Thursday as West Texas Intermediate crude oil lost five cents to close at US$52.26 per barrel.
Gold was down Thursday by US$2.20 to US$1,291.60 per ounce.
Canada’s agricultural sector faired as follows:
     AGT Food and Ingredients———dn  $ 0.17    at $ 16.72
     Buhler Industries—————-unchanged     at $  3.61
     Linamar Corp.——————–dn  $ 0.61    at $ 48.81
     Maple Leaf Foods—————–dn  $ 0.19    at $ 28.41
     Nutrien Ltd.———————up  $ 1.91    at $ 67.69
     Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.—-up  $ 0.80    at $ 47.37
     Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc.–dn  $ 0.08    at $  8.74
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
            
                                