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Oct. 1, 2013 at 8:49 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 1 – The Canadian dollar opened lower against its US counterpart on Tuesday, amid limited trading as investors were focused on the partial shutdown of the US government, industry watchers said. Losses seen in commodities, including gold, copper and crude oil, were bearish. […]

Sep. 30, 2013 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, September 30 – The Canadian dollar closed unchanged against its US counterpart, as traders were waiting to see whether or not the US government will shut down at midnight before making any big moves, analysts said. The Canadian currency was quoted at US$0.9706 or […]

Sep. 30, 2013 at 11:40 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 30 – The Canadian dollar was stronger against its US counterpart at midday Monday, underpinned by favourable Canadian economic data, industry watchers said. Statistics Canada reported that the gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6% in July, which was higher than the 0.5% […]

Sep. 30, 2013 at 8:38 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, September 30 – The Canadian dollar opened stronger against its US counterpart on Monday, underpinned by better-than- expected Canadian economic data, industry watchers said. According to Statistics Canada, the gross domestic product increased by 0.6% in July, following June’s decline of 0.5%. July’s growth […]

Sep. 27, 2013 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 27 – The Canadian dollar firmed against its US counterpart on Friday, supported by spillover support from the strong gains seen in gold prices, analysts said. The Canadian currency was quoted at US$0.9706 or US$1=C$1.0303 at the close on Friday, which compares with […]