By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, March 17 – The Canadian dollar finished flat
against its US counterpart on Friday.
Better-than-expected January manufacturing sales figures
help prop up the loonie.
The Canadian dollar closed at C$0.7498 or US$1=C$1.3337,
compared to Thursday’s close of C$0.7492 or US$1=C$1.3345.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index declined on Friday due to
losses in mining, banking and energy.
The materials group dropped nearly 1 percent as investors
took profits.
The index fell 71.92 points, or 0.5%, to 15,490.49.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
AGT Food and Ingredients—–dn $ 0.22 at $ 31.83
Agrium Incorporated———-up $ 0.17 at $129.34
Buhler Industries————– $ 0.00 at $ 4.55
Maple Leaf Foods————-dn $ 0.02 at $ 31.46
Potash Corp. of Sask———up $ 0.05 at $ 23.04
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
