AG FUTURES MARKETS ended the week on a mixed note. Canola finished 1.80 above the previous close at 613.20. The trading range was 609.00 to 615.80. Chicago wheat settled at 695-1/4, up 37-1/2 with a range of 652-1/2 and 697-1/2. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 792, 24-3/4 higher. Trading opened at 767 with the day's high and low of 807-1/4 and 765-1/4. Corn settled up 10-1/2 from the previous close at 635-1/2. The high-low range was 638-1/2 to 619-1/2. Chicago soybeans closed at 1405, down 33 with a high and low of 1438-3/4 and 1405. Soy oil finished 0.40 lower at 50.32. Chicago oats closed up 1-1/2 at 340.

CHICAGO MERC livestock futures were mainly higher with live cattle at 119.900, up 1.975. Feeder cattle finished up 1.100 at 161.025. Lean hog futures gave up 0.050 closing at 87.375.

THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 0.97770, down 0.0045. The US dollar was down against the euro by 0.006 at 1.2779.

AT 15:57 TORONTO STOCKS were down 50.04 points with the S&P index at 11280.64. The New York DJ industrial average was down 73.11 at 12369.38.

Natural gas ended at 2.722, up 0.128. Gold was up 17.90 at 1567.0.

IN THE METALS copper futures dropped 0.0440 to 3.4350, silver gained 0.670 to 28.690, platinum rose 1.90 to 1455.0 and palladium lost 3.00 to 602.85.