Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 12, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will face a no confidence vote later today; this comes following May’s Brexit deal having fallen apart. There are at least 48 Tory members of […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 11, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. A former Canadian diplomat, Michael Kovrig, has been detained in China, according to his employers, the International Crisis Group. The group is working to confirm that Kovrig has in fact […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 10, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. China is accusing Canada of breaking a bilateral agreement by not informing the Chinese consulate of the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou right away. According […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 7 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada posted record employment growth in November, with employment increasing by 94,100 jobs, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The country’s jobless rate declined to 5.6 per cent, […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At the request of the United States, Canadian authorities have arrested Meng Wanzhou, a top executive with Chinese technology company Huawei and daughter of the company’s founder. The arrest […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 5 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada is generally expected to be keeping interest rates unchanged when it releases its latest interest rate decision later Wednesday. However, the accompanying statement will be […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 4 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Investors were still waiting for details on the tentative trade truce between the United States and China, as China has yet to confirm any of the claims made by […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Dec. 3 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China and the United States reached a tentative truce on trade over the weekend, with the two countries agreeing to hold off on placing additional tariffs on each other […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 30, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada, the United States and Mexico have signed the renegotiated North American Free Trade (NAFTA) deal on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina. Canada is calling the deal […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Nov. 29, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Netflix Canada is planning its biggest rate hike yet. Plans will rise by C$1 to C$3 depending on which plan you have. The price hikes are affective immediately for new […] Read more