Canadian dollar and business outlook
By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, December 30 The Canadian dollar weakened against its US counterpart on Wednesday, as crude oil futures handed back gains.
At 8:40 a.m. CST the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7193 or C$1.3902 which compares with Tuesday’s North American close of US$0.7234, or C$1.3823.
At 8:40 a.m., New York Mercantile crude oil futures had lost US$0.73 to sit at US$37.14 a barrel.
There was no significant economic data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday.
The TSX was weaker in early activity, down 20.00 points at 8:40 a.m. CST to sit at 13,225.75.