By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, April 8 – The Canadian dollar finished higher
against its US counterpart on Friday, taking strength from
positive domestic data and higher crude oil prices.
New numbers show that Canada gained over 40,000 jobs in
March while the unemployment rate fell from 7.3% in February to
7.1% in March.
The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7691 or US$1 = 1.3002 on
Friday which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7608 or US$1
= 1.3144.
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index posted gains on
Friday, following advances in energy and materials.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 130.29 points, or 0.98%,
to 13,396.73.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.10 at $ 38.12
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 0.63 at $113.97
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 5.04
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.23 at $ 27.09
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.32 at $ 20.77
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
