By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, Oct. 15 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar held reasonably steady on Friday, seeing some consolidation to end the week.
The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.8078 or US$1=C$1.2379 on Friday, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.8083 or US$1=C$1.2372.
Canadian wholesale trade was up by 0.3 per cent in August compared to the previous month, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The growth came in slightly below analyst expectations for a 0.5 per cent rise.
In a separate report, Canadian home sales were up by 0.9 per cent in September.
West Texas Intermediate was up by 1.2per cent, at US$82.29 per barrel.
The TSX Composite Index was stronger, up 108.16 points, or 0.52 per cent, to close at 20,928.10 points.
Canada’s agricultural sector performed as follows:
Buhler Industries—————- $ 0.00 at $ 3.21
Linamar Corp.——————–up $ 1.75 at $ 70.96
Maple Leaf Foods—————–up $ 0.20 at $ 27.40
Nutrien Ltd.———————dn $ 0.41 at $ 88.24
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.—-up $ 0.74 at $ 82.56
Farmers Edge Inc.—————-up $ 0.02 at $ 4.92
(All figures are in Canadian dollars.)
