Canadian Financial Close: TSX ends flat on quiet trading day

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, November 8 – The Canadian dollar climbed against
its US counterpart Tuesday as ideas Hillary Clinton would win
today’s US election was priced into the currency.
The Canadian dollar closed at C$0.7516 or US$1.3305,
compared to Monday’s close of C$0.7478 or US$1=C$1.3372.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index ended flat as investors shied
away from trading during the election.
The index rose 4.39 points, or 0.03%, to close at
14,656.84.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:

AGT Food and Ingredients—–up $ 0.56 at $ 36.53
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 3.24 at $127.03
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.43
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.38 at $ 29.42
Potash Corp. of Sask———up $ 0.83 at $ 22.76

(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)

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