By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, May 13 – The Canadian dollar ended lower against
its US counterpart on Friday, falling in line with stronger-
then-expected US retail sales figures and weaker oil prices.
The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7731 or US$1=C$1.2935,
which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7792, or
US$1=C$1.2834.
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index finished lower
Friday, tracking losses in energy and mining issues.
Small gains in the equity market limited the downside.
The S&P/TSX Composite index fell 39.22 points, or 0.28%, to
13,748.58.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 2.26 at $ 36.26
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 0.37 at $111.89
Buhler Industries————dn $ 0.09 at $ 4.95
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.45 at $ 29.27
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.04 at $ 20.30
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
