By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, November 3 – The Canadian dollar ended lower on
Friday, pushed down by losses in gold bullion.
Weak economic data added to the downside. Canada’s official
international reserves fell $952 million in October.
The Canadian dollar settled on Friday at US$0.7761 cents or
C$1.2764, compared to Thursday’s North American close of
US$0.7799 or C$1.2885.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite Index inched up 5.17
points, or 0.03% to 16,020.16.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.29 at $ 21.40
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 0.72 at $137.98
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.50
Maple Leaf Foods————-up $ 0.01 at $ 33.60
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.22 at $ 24.64
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)