For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.17% against the CAD to close at 1.0206.
In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0210, with the USD trading marginally higher from yesterday’s close.
The pair is expected to find support at 1.0166, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 1.0122. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 1.0239, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 1.0268.
In today’s economic releases, Canada’s capacity utilization is forecast to mark an improvement in the Q1 2013, while the new housing price index is anticipated to remain stable on a monthly basis in April.
The currency pair is trading just above its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.