Canadian Financial Close: TSX enjoys widespread support

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, June 29 – The Canadian dollar finished higher
against its American counterpart Wednesday, taking strength from
higher oil prices.
Traders are looking ahead to tomorrow when Canada’s gross
domestic product figures for the month of April will be
released.
The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7707 or US$1=C$1.2975,
which compares with Tuesday’s close of US$0.7672, or
US$1=C$1.3035.
The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index continued to
climb, rising 194.05 points, or 1.40%, to 14,036.74.
Nine of Toronto’s 10 heavily-weighted industry groups
posted gains on the day.

Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients——- $ 0.00 at $ 34.32
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 0.48 at $116.02
Buhler Industries————up $ 0.10 at $ 5.00
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.04 at $ 27.70
Potash Corp. of Sask———up $ 0.09 at $ 20.81

(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)