Environment Today: Cents u.s and Canadian Dollar

environment today: The Canadian dollar traded lower at 76.71 cents U.S. compared with an average of 76.94 cents U.S. on Thursday, according to The Toronto Star. JONATHAN HAYWARD / THE CANADIAN PRESS It's a little bit more of a stable environment today, so no clear direction in terms of just market-moving news, he said in an interview. Nothing really critical came out of U.S. markets on Friday, as stronger consumer spending in July and August was muted by Chinese trade tariff comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, said Patrick Blais, senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 8.68 points to 26,154.67. Some reports issued Friday were supportive of the continued strength of the U.S. economy, he said. The S&P 500 index was up 0.8 points to 2,904.98, while the Nasdaq composite was off 3.67 points to 8,010.04. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.