Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – California has issued a ‘stay at home’ order on Thursday, restricting travel in the state of 40 million people indefinitely. The move came as the COVID-19 death toll in the United States hit […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The COVID-19 pandemic remains the at the forefront of everything in the world, as the countries work to ‘flatten the curve’ and also deal with the economic fallout of the drastic social distancing […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, March 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada and the United States will temporarily close the border between the two countries to all non-essential travel. Tourists and shoppers will now be barred from crossing, while goods will still continue to move in […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 17 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – As borders close and quarantine measures ramp up around the world in the battle against COVID-19, there are reports that life is slowly returning to normal in China. Al Jazeera reports that emergency […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – More and more worldwide efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus were taken over the weekend, with many public spaces closing, religious services cancelled, and schools shuttered. Developments in the unprecedented […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, March 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus after traveling to the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Trudeau will self-quarantine for 14 days, though he is not […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 12 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump announced a ban on travel between Europe and the U.S., effective Friday for 30 days. This move came in an attempt to combat the spread of the COVID-19 […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 11 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar was slightly weaker on Wednesday, remaining at its lowest point in years. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7275 or US$1=C$1.3745, compared to Tuesday when it closed at US$0.7283 or US$1=C$1.3731. Financial indices were in turmoil again, following an announcement from the World Health Organization […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 11 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Following the dissolution of co-ordinated crude oil production cuts between OPEC and its allies, Saudi Arabia plans to increase crude oil production to total 13 million barrels per day. That is higher than […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Large swaths of northern Italy are under lockdown in order to stymie the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. All travel in the northern peninsula must be avoided, unless justified by professional or health-related […] Read more