By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, July 4 – The Canadian dollar was slightly lower against its US counterpart at midday Friday, on sideways trading amid thin volumes.
US markets are closed for the Independence Day holiday.
Canadian jobs data for June is due to be released next Friday.
The August gold contract rose 60 cents to US$1,321.20 an ounce.
The August crude oil contract fell $0.35 cents to US$103.71 a barrel.
At 11:55 CDT Friday, the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.9394 or US$1.0645, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.9399, or US$=$1.0639.
At 11:55 CDT Friday, the Toronto Stock Exchange was up 36.51 points to sit at 15,243.62.
