By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Feb. 21 – The Canadian dollar ended Wednesday
lower as a drop in the price of oil weighed on it.
The Canadian dollar settled Wednesday at US$0.7892 or
C$1.2671, compared to Tuesday’s North American close of at
US$0.7923 or C$1.2622.
Oil prices fell Wednesday ahead of data expected to show
rising crude inventories in the United States. U.S. crude prices
dropped 0.2 per cent to US$61.68 a barrel.
In Toronto, the TSX/S&P Composite closed higher Wednesday,
rising 84.57 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 15,524.01. It’s
strongest close since Feb. 2.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.19 at $ 19.42
Buhler Industries————unchanged at $ 4.07
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 1.40 at $ 33.58
Nutrien Ltd.—————–up $ 2.85 at $ 59.77
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
