Currency Markets

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 1 – The Canadian dollar was lower on Friday amid U.S. employment data that was slightly off expectations, analysts say. At 9:00 CDT Friday morning, the loonie was down 0.09 of a cent to US$0.9162 or US$1 = C$1.089, as the U.S. Labour Department reported that the American […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 31 – The Canadian dollar closed with minimal change on Thursday as economic growth figures for May came in better than expected, analysts say. The loonie closed at US$0.9171 or US$1 = C$1.0890 as Statistics Canada reported that gross domestic products grew by 0.4 per cent during the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 31 – The Canadian dollar erased early losses and turned higher on Thursday as economic growth figures for May came in better that expected, analysts say. At 11:40 CDT Thursday morning, the loonie rose 0.18 of a cent to US$0.9191 or US$1 = C$1.0890 following two days of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 31 – The Canadian dollar was slightly lower on Thursday as Canadian economic growth figures came in better than expected, analysts say. At 9:04 CDT Thursday morning, the loonie was down 0.06 of a cent of US$0.9167 or US$1 = C$1.0909 as Statistics Canada reported that gross domestic […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 30 – The Canadian dollar closed lower on Wednesday as data showed that the U.S. economy strongly rebounded in the second quarter, analysts say. The loonie was down 0.36 of a cent to US$0.9173 or US$1 = C$1.0909 on Wednesday as U.S. gross domestic product grew a much […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 30 – The Canadian dollar was lower on Wednesday amid data that showed that the U.S. economy rebounded strongly in the second quarter, analysts say. At 11:40 CDT Wednesday morning, the Canadian dollar was down 0.42 of a cent to sit at US$0.9167 or US$1 = C$1.0909. U.S. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 30 – The Canadian dollar was lower on Wednesday as data showed that the U.S. economy rebounded strongly in the second quarter, analysts say. At 9:00 CDT Wednesday morning, the loonie was down 0.26 of a cent to US$0.9183 or US$1 = C$1.0851 as U.S. gross domestic product […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 29 – The Canadian dollar was sharply lower Tuesday with the markets turning cautious at the end of the session as the United States and European Union adopted tougher sanctions on Russia over their continued support of the Ukrainian rebels, analysts say. The rebels were blamed for downing […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 29 – The Canadian dollar was sharply lower late-Tuesday morning as the U.S. currency strengthened on the back of a strong reading on consumer confidence, analysts say. At 11:40 CDT Tuesday morning, the loonie declined 0.46 of a cent to US$0.9213 or US$1 = C$ 1.0851. The U.S. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, July 29 – The Canadian dollar was lower on Tuesday morning as the U.S. Federal Reserve began its two-day meeting on interest rates, analysts say. At 8:50 CDT Tuesday morning, the loonie was at US$0.9239 or US$1 = C$1.0801, down 0.2 of a cent from Monday’s close. Economists are […] Read more