2009-06-04
After picking up strength for most of last month, the dollar has gone into a bit of a slump. It dropped 2.3 cents on Wednesday, and is down almost a-fifth of-a-cent in Thursday's after-hours trading. The loonie is trading at 90.01 cents U-S.
Traders say the American dollar is getting stronger, making the loonie and some other currencies appear weaker.
2009-06-04
The first week of June and already another increase for the price of gasoline. The Energy and Utilities Board Board has released it's weekly price schedule showing the maximum for a litre of self serve is 98.3 cents. That is up exactly two cents from seven days ago with most stations here at home showing a pump price of 99.1 cents.
Diesel is up just under two cents at 90.9. Furnace Oil tops off at 74 cents which is up three cents and propane is 82.3 which is down just under a penny.