By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Nov. 17 – The Canadian dollar fell slightly
Friday even as oil prices and S&P/TSX strengthened.
Oil prices rose about two per cent Friday, capping five
sessions of losses, on expectations of an OPEC deal to extend
curbs on production and the shuttering of a major United States
crude pipeline. Brent crude oil rose $1.07 at US$62.43 a barrel.
The Canadian dollar settled Friday at US$0.7823 or
C$1.2783, compared to Thursday’s North America close of
US$0.7846 or C$1.2745.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 63.2 points,
or 0.4 per cent, to 15,998.57.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–up $ 0.51 at $ 19.94
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 0.33 at $136.44
Buhler Industries————unchanged at $ 4.45
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.14 at $ 33.54
Potash Corp. of Sask———up $ 0.08 at $ 24.38
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
