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Canada Stocks Fall, Led by Energy Shares; National Banks Climbs
Canadian stocks fell for a second day, led by energy producers as crude headed for its biggest weekly loss in more than a month. Athabasca Oil Corp.
| 12,641.65 | -16.44 | (-0.13%) | |
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| 946.84 | +4.79 | (0.51%) | |
| 15,258.82 | -35.68 | (-0.23%) | ||
| 1,644.38 | -6.13 | (-0.37%) |
Top stories
A new study puts Canada near the bottom of the list of developed countries when it comes to laws governing vacation and holiday time.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index turned positive in early Friday trade as fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will roll back its stimulus program were offset by a rise in National Bank of Canada (NA.
New rules for U.S. meatpackers will require labeling that tells consumers where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. Sounds simple.
TORONTO�National Bank of Canada, the sixth-largest bank in Canada, raised its quarterly dividend Friday after reporting a 22% decline in second-quarter earnings reflecting last year's sale of its asset management unit.
TransCanada Corp. (TRP) won another of the remaining Texas state-court challenges by landowners trying to block construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline across their property.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| MBT | Manitoba Telecom Services | 4.89% | 2.27B |
Bank of Canada daily digest
| Money markets | Change | |
| Overnight rate | 1.00% | +0.0009 |
| Corporate paper, 1 month | 1.12% | 0.00 |
| Treasury bill, 1 month | 0.950% | 0.00 |
| Inflation | ||
| Total consumer price index | 0.400% | -0.6000 |
| Interest rates | ||
| 10 year bond | 2.39% | +0.0100 |
| Prime business rate | 3.00% | 0.00 |
| Conventional mortgage, 5 yrs | 5.14% | 0.00 |