USD/CAD: Loonie extends its gains against the greenback in the Asian session

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For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.29% against the CAD to close at 1.0692.

In economic news, the Statistics Canada reported that average weekly earnings of Canadian non-farm payroll employees rose 3.3% (YoY) in April, following a 2.6% (YoY) increase in the preceding month.

In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0685, with the USD trading 0.07% lower from yesterday’s close.

The pair is expected to find support at 1.0669, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 1.0654. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 1.0712, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 1.0740.

Later today, traders are expected to keep a tab on Canada’s industrial product price and raw material price data for May.

The currency pair is trading below its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.

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