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Apr. 13, 2015 at 11:52 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 13 – The Canadian dollar was down slightly against its US counterpart at midsession Monday. General strength in the US dollar index and the movement of money out of riskier commodity-based currencies weighed on the Canadian dollar, analysts said. At 11:48 CDT Monday, […]

Apr. 13, 2015 at 8:51 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 13 – The Canadian dollar was little changed against its American counterpart Monday morning, as advances in crude oil offset losses in the gold sector. At 8:45 CDT Monday morning, the loonie was up 0.0005 of a cent to US$0.7953 or US$1 = […]

Apr. 10, 2015 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, April 10 – The Canadian dollar was slightly firmer against the US dollar on Friday, seeing some short covering ahead of the weekend as crude oil values rose, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7949 or US$1=C$1.2580 on Friday, which compares with Thursday’s […]

Apr. 10, 2015 at 11:54 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, April 10 – The Canadian dollar was slightly lower against its US counterpart at midday Friday, as a rise in Canadian employment figures reinforced ideas the Bank of Canada will not look to cut interest rates. The loonie was at US$0.7941 or US$1 = […]

Apr. 10, 2015 at 9:07 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, April 10 The Canadian dollar was slightly higher relative to the US dollar Friday morning, finding support from better than expected Canadian employment data, analysts said. According to Statistics Canada, 29,000 new jobs were created in March, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at […]