Global markets

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 23, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada will sign on to a revised 11-member Asia-Pacific Trade Pact (TPP), according to a government source. Trade officials signed on a final text earlier in the day Tuesday after […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 22, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Amazon is finally opening its first automated grocery store to the public Monday, after nearly a year’s delay. Amazon Go is a 1,800 square foot store located in the middle […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A government shutdown is looming in the United States, as a bill to extend funding for a wide range of federal programs is being held up by a dispute […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the gross domestic product rising by 6.8 per cent during the period. Industrial output in […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada raised its key overnight interest rate by 0.25 points on Wednesday, taking the rate to 1.25 per cent, its highest level since 2009. – Bitcoin […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 16 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A false alarm about a North Korean missile launch was sent out by Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday. The mistake comes only a few days after a similar […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – North Korea will send a 140-member orchestra to the upcoming Olympics in South Korea, as tensions between the two neighbouring countries continue to show signs of easing. The two […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 12, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Royal Bank of Canada raised its posted five-year fixed mortgage rate on Thursday. It was the first of Canada’s Big Five banks to make the move ahead of the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 11, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Thursday it will be raising the entry-level wage for American employees to US$11 an hour, due to the United States tax overhaul which was passed before […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, January 10 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was weaker against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday morning, as poor domestic building data weighed on the loonie. Building permits in Canada dropped 7.7 per cent on a seasonally-adjusted basis to C$7.66 billion in November. Building permits are designed to give […] Read more