Canadian Financial Close: C$ Cracks 75 Cents Tracking Oil

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, March 4 – The Canadian dollar finished higher
against its US counterpart Friday, taking strength from gains in
crude oil.
The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7505 or US$1 = 1.3324
which compared with Thursday’s close of US$0.7465 or US$1 =
C$1.3396.
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index advanced on
Friday as higher energy stocks led the way forward.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 88.85 points, or 0.68%, to
13,212.50.

Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.10 at $ 36.68
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 3.16 at $114.95
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.95
Maple Leaf Foods————-up $ 0.43 at $ 26.22
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.42 at $ 24.55

(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)