Canadian Financial Close: C$ steady

By MarketsFarm

WINNIPEG, Oct. 18 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar held steady on Monday, seeing some consolidation after climbing to multi-month highs relative to its United States counterpart.
The Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.8076 or US$1=C$1.2382 late Monday, which compares with Friday’s North American close of US$0.8078 or US$1=C$1.2379.
West Texas Intermediate was up by 0.04 per cent, at US$82.31 per barrel.
The TSX Composite Index was stronger, up 57.27 points, or 0.27 per cent, to close at 20,985.37 points.

Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:

Buhler Industries—————- $ 0.00 at $ 3.21
Linamar Corp.——————–dn $ 1.55 at $ 69.41
Maple Leaf Foods—————–up $ 0.01 at $ 27.41
Nutrien Ltd.———————up $ 0.21 at $ 88.45
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.—-up $ 0.94 at $ 83.50
Farmers Edge Inc.—————-up $ 0.14 at $ 5.06

(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)