By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, MB, Dec. 29, 2017 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian
dollar rose again Friday morning, as the upswing in the price of
oil continued.
At 8:52 CST Friday morning the Canadian dollar was at
US$0.7969 or C$1.2562, which compares with Thursday’s North
American close of US$0.7944 or C$1.2588.
Oil prices hit their highest point since mid-2015 on the
final trading day of the year as an unexpected fall in American
output and a fall in commercial crude inventories stoked buying.
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Wall Street opened higher Friday, led by gains in
healthcare stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 19.07
points, or 0.08 per cent, to 24,856.58. The S&P 500 added 3.62
points, or 0.13 per cent, to 2,691.16. The Nasdaq Composite rose
2.30 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 6,952.46.
The Toronto TSX/S&P Composite Index was lower Friday, with
financial stocks, miners and energy companies slipping. The
TSX/S&P fell 24.27 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 16,197.68.
