The stock market experienced growth this week. Prices in half of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s 14 stock groups rose. The transportation group was one of the declining sectors. Banks did well. The Bank of Montreal’s stock rose 60 cents to end at $36.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 49.94 points.
Canadian exchanges are in Canadian dollars.
U.S. exchanges are in U.S. dollars.
Grain Traders/Conglomerates
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
ADM NY $18.63 19.25 14.13 18.13
ConAgra NY $46.00 47.38 37.63 44.63
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Midwest Grain NAS $13.25 17.75 10.75 13.00
SWP TSE $15.95 16.40 13.13 15.90
UGG TSE $10.40 10.50 6.50 9.95
Prairie Portfolio
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
AltaGenetics TSE $3.50 5.63 3.00 3.75
Hum. Flour Mills ASE $0.90 0.99 0.40 0.90
Millstreet Dev. ASE $0.41 0.48 0.21 0.42
TML Foods ASE $0.34 0.40 0.15 0.32
Meat Packers
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
Hormel NY $22.13 28.00 19.38 21.50
IBP NY $23.00 33.63 21.88 23.25
XL Foods TSE $1.41 1.50 0.95 1.37
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Farm Equipment Manufacturers
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
AGCO NY $23.50 31.63 19.25 25.00
Case Corp. NY $48.00 56.25 34.50 49.38
Caterpillar NY $75.13 75.63 50.75 74.13
Deere and Co. NY $42.25 45.00 26.75 43.63
Ford NY $32.00 37.25 27.00 32.00
Fertilizer
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
Agrium NAS $13.94 16.25 11.75 14.00
Potash Corp. TSE $101.00 110.88 48.25 101.80
Viridian TSE $15.00 18.70 14.10 15.15
Ag chemical companies
52-week
Name Exch Close High Low P.W. Close
BASF NY $31.50 35.75 21.38 30.63
Ciba NY $64.38 66.25 39.00 64.13
Dow NY $82.25 92.50 65.50 80.75
Hoechst AG NY $36.33 36.50 24.20 35.88
Monsanto NY $35.25 35.25 19.50 33.38
Rhone-Poulenc NY $27.25 27.38 19.38 26.50
Union Carbide NY $44.88 49.88 36.38 45.38
Zeneca NY $73.63 75.00 52.25 72.63
