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Aug. 12, 2014 at 9:15 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 12 – The Canadian dollar was down on Tuesday morning as the U.S. dollar gained against other currencies amid geopolitical concerns and declining German investor confidence, analysts say. At 9:05 CDT Tuesday morning, the Canadian dollar declined 0.23 of a cent to US$0.9135 […]

Aug. 11, 2014 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 11 – The Canadian dollar strengthened relative to the US dollar on Monday, seeing an upward correction following Friday’s sharp drop, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9158 or US$1=C$1.0919 on Monday, which compares with Friday’s North American settlement of US$0.9115 or […]

Aug. 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 11 – The Canadian dollar was higher against its US counterpart at midday Monday, as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reported that housing starts for the month of July were up from June. According to the agency, last month’s housing starts came […]

Aug. 11, 2014 at 9:08 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 11 – The Canadian dollar was higher on Monday amid strong domestic housing data and a great willingness to take on risk, even as traders kept their eyes on geopolitical flashpoints. At 9:00 CDT Monday morning, the loonie was up 0.14 of a […]

Aug. 8, 2014 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 8 – The Canadian dollar dropped sharply lower relative to the US dollar on Friday, reacting to disappointing Canadian employment data, analysts said. Statistics Canada said only 200 new jobs were created in July, falling well below expectations of 20,000 newly created positions. […]