Global markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 13 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump is planning on signing bipartisan legislation that will prevent another government shutdown, according to reports. The deal reached between Democrats and Republicans does not

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 12 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Saudi Arabia announced plans to cut oil production to 9.8 million barrels per day in March, which would be roughly half a million barrels below the pledged production level

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 11 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Economic growth in the United Kingdom slowed to only 1.4 per cent on an annual basis in 2018, according to the Office for National Statistics. That compares with 1.8

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 8 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Canadian economy added 66,800 jobs in January, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The jobs growth came in well above trade estimates. However, the unemployment rate also

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 7 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Twitter reported fourth quarter profits of US$255 million in 2018, which was well above the US$91 million reported during the same quarter the previous year. However, usage declined to

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 6 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The value of Canadian building permits rose for the fourth consecutive month in December, increasing by 6.0 per cent to hit C$8.8 billion, according to a report from Statistics

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 5 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday evening. The speech before a joint session of Congress was originally scheduled for January, but

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 4 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian dollar was down at market close Monday as oil prices declined. The dollar finished the day at US$0.7618 or US$1=C$1.3127, which compares with Friday’s close of US$0.7637 or C$1.3095. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed Monday after gaining 96.01 points to finish at

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 4 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Nine European nations including France, Germany, and Britain, are now recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of the South American country. The coordinated European move

Global Markets: Feds may have overpaid for Trans Mountain pipeline By Commodity News Services Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 1 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A report from Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released on Thursday stated the federal government may have overpaid for