Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sep. 14 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Hurricane Florence made landfall on the North Carolina coast early Friday morning. While the storm has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, it is moving very slowly and […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 13 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Hurricane Florence has weakened slightly into a Category 2 storm as it heads inland for the Carolina coast. Despite the downgrading, Florence’s dangers lie in its storm surges, extreme coastal […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Sept. 12 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Hurricane Florence, referred to as a “storm of a lifetime” by the U.S. National Weather Service, could now stall as it approaches the Carolina coast and batter a major swath of […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sep. 11 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the southeastern United States, causing officials to order 1.5 million people to evacuate their homes in the Carolinas. The storm is expected to […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute WINNIPEG, Sep. 10 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China will retaliate against the United States if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on threats of imposing additional tariffs on Chinese imports, said China’s foreign ministry on Monday. – Swedish voters were divided […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept 7, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada?s economy lost 51,600 jobs last month, according to data released from Statistics Canada Friday morning. Ontario recorded its biggest employment drop in almost a decade, losing 80,100 part-time jobs. […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Sept. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump who has been a controversial figure since Day One in office, is facing his most difficult time since taking power. An opinion piece in the New York […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 5 (CNS) – The Canadian dollar closed slightly lower Wednesday, pressured by a drop in the price of oil and the stock market. The Canadian dollar settled Wednesday at US$0.7584 or C$1.3185, compared to Tuesday’s North American close of US$0.7586 or C$1.3182. Oil prices dropped Thursday after Tropical […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 5 (CNS Canada) — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintains protection for cultural sectors and a dispute settlement mechanism are essential before Canada will sign a new North American Free Trade Agreement. Trudeau is expected […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Sept. 4 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada may have new allies in its attempts to reach a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Many United States lawmakers in Congress are opposed to President Donald Trump’s […] Read more