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Aug. 5, 2015 at 9:10 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 5 – The Canadian dollar strengthened against its US counterpart Wednesday morning as Statistics Canada released a better than expected report on Canada’s international trade. At 9:00 a.m. CDT the Canadian dollar was at US$0.7610 or C$1.3140 which compares with Tuesday’s North American […]

Aug. 4, 2015 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 4 – The Canadian dollar was down sharply against the US dollar, dropping below the psychological 76 cents US mark. Comments from a US Federal Reserve official were behind the drop, as they noted the agency could hike interest rates as soon as […]

Aug. 4, 2015 at 11:43 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 4 – The Canadian dollar was weaker against the US dollar on Tuesday, as global economic problems continued to overhang the market, analysts said. At 11:40 CDT Tuesday, the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.7621 or US$1=C$1.3122, which compares with Friday’s North American […]

Aug. 4, 2015 at 9:27 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 4 – The Canadian dollar weakened further against its US counterpart Tuesday morning after falling to levels not seen in a decade on Friday, and as Statistics Canada released a report on retail sales and volumes. At 9:10 a.m. CDT the Canadian dollar […]

Jul. 31, 2015 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, July 31 – The Canadian dollar was down against the US dollar on Friday, reacting to soft Canadian gross domestic product (GDP) data, analysts said. According to Statistics Canada, GDP fell 0.2 per cent in May, the fifth consecutive monthly decrease. Pre-report expectations called […]