AG FUTURES MARKETS ended the week on a mixed note.

FOR THE WEEK ag futures ended higher. Canola finished 1.50 under the previous close at 461.10. The trading range was 459.00 to 465.40. Chicago wheat settled at 708-1/4, up 27-1/2 with a range of 682 and 709-1/4. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 742, 21 higher. Trading opened at 718-1/4 with the day's high and low of 742 and 718-1/4. Corn settled up 16-3/4 from the previous close at 449-3/4. The high-low range was 452 to 430-3/4. Chicago soybeans closed 1029-3/4, up 22-1/4 with a session high of 1030 an d the day's low at 1008. Soy oil finished 0.66 higher at 40.32. Chicago oats closed up 11 at 283.

CHICAGO MERC livestock futures were mainly higher with live cattle at 98.550, up 0.100. Feeder cattle finished down 0.450 at 114.300. Lean hog futures gained 0.775 closing at 77.200.

THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 0.96200, up 0.0140. The US dollar was down against the euro by 0.008 at 1.2893.

AT 15:57 TORONTO STOCKS were up 33.83 points with the S&P index at 12144.92. The New York DJ industrial average was up 127.83 at 10447.93.

CRUDE OIL settled lower at 74.34, down 0.68 with a low for the day of 73.20. Natural gas ended at 3.910, up 0.159. Gold was down 4.80 at 1238.0.

IN THE METALS copper rose 0.0075 to 3.5030, silver gained 0.203 to 19.875, platinum rose 3.00 to 1554.0 and palladium gained 4.90 to 528.35.