Friday, May 18, 2007

Canadian Stocks Head For a Third Week of Gains on Takeovers, Oil Prices

(Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks were headed for a
third week of gains as rising oil prices and takeover speculation
fueled a rally in phone and energy companies including BCE Inc.
and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index was little changed
today, slipping from a record, as interest-rate sensitive
financial shares declined on speculation a near 30-year high in
the Canadian dollar may lead the central bank to raise borrowing
costs in an attempt to slow inflation.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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