Canadian Financial Close: TSX declines with profit-taking

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, March 31 – The Canadian dollar declined against
its US counterpart on Thursday, retreating slightly from the
five-month high it reached on Wednesday.
The losses were tempered by strong Canadian GDP data, an
analyst said.
The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7700 or US$1 = 1.2987 on
Thursday which compares with Wednesday’s close of US$0.7713 or
US$1 = 1.2965.
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index dropped slightly
on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking.
Toronto’s heavily-weighted energy group advanced 0.9% on
the day, which provided some support.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 9.62 points, or 0.07%, to
13,494.36.

Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.07 at $ 37.95
Agrium Incorporated———-dn $ 2.48 at $114.67
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.76
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.02 at $ 27.15
Potash Corp. of Sask———dn $ 0.47 at $ 22.11

(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)