USD/CAD: Loonie pares its gains in the morning trading session

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.11% against the CAD to close at 1.0855, following the release of soft US retail sales and weekly jobless claims data. Meanwhile, a rise in oil prices supported … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie trading a tad higher ahead of Canada’s housing price and US retail sales data

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.30% against the CAD to close at 1.0867, amid broad gains in commodity prices. In a noteworthy event, Moody’s Investors Service slashed its “Stable” outlook on some of … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie maintains its upward streak against the US Dollar in the Asian trading hours

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.06% against the CAD to close at 1.0900. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0896, with the USD trading marginally lower from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Canadian housing starts rose to a seven-month high in May

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.22% against the CAD to close at 1.0907. On the economic front, annual housing starts in Canada rose more-than-expected 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted seven-month high level of … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Canadian unemployment rate rose unexpectedly in May

USDCAD Movement On Friday, the USD rose 0.12% against the CAD to close at 1.0934, as the loonie came under pressure after data showed that Canada’s unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 7.0% in May, as full-time employment fell by 29,100. … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie edges down ahead of Canadian employment data

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.23% against the CAD to close at 1.0921. On the economic front, building permits in Canada rose 1.1% (MoM) for the first time in three months in April … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: BoC keeps its interest rate on hold at 1.0% while expressing concerns on the Canada’s growth outlook

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.31% against the CAD to close at 1.0946, as the Canadian Dollar came under pressure after the Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its interest rate unchanged at 1.0% … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie modestly lower with focus on the BoC’s interest rate decision

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.11% against the CAD to close at 1.0912. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0933, with the USD trading 0.19% higher from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie trading a tad higher amid a lack of economic releases from Canada

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.50% against the CAD to close at 1.0900. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0898, with the USD trading marginally lower from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Canada’s first quarter GDP rose at the slowest pace since the 2009 recession

USDCAD Movement On Friday, the USD rose 0.07% against the CAD to close at 1.0847, as the Canadian Dollar lost ground after data showed that growth in the Canadian economy contracted more-than-expected 1.2% in the first quarter of 2014, the … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie trading slightly higher ahead of Canada’s GDP data

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.29% against the CAD to close at 1.0839. In economic news, Canada posted a current account deficit of C$12.4 billion in the first quarter of 2014, the lowest … Continue reading

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