Currency Markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 18 – The Canadian dollar moved higher against the US dollar after Statistics Canada released its international transactions in securities report for December Tuesday morning. Statistics Canada reported that foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities by C$4.3 billion in December. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9132 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 18 The Canadian dollar was stronger against the US dollar following the release of Canadian securities investment data Tuesday morning. Statistics Canada reported that foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities by C$4.3 billion in December. At 8:46 CST Tuesday the Canadian dollar was at US$0.9123 or […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 14 – The Canadian dollar moved fractionally lower against the US dollar on Friday, as traders were being cautious ahead of the long weekend. Canadian and US markets will both be closed on Monday for holidays. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9105 or US$1=C$1.0983 on Friday, which compares […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, February 14 – The Canadian dollar was slightly weaker against its US counterpart at midday Friday, undermined by disappointing Canadian economic data, industry watchers said. According to Statistics Canada, manufacturing sales were down 0.9% in December, which was well below trade expectations of a flat reading. It was also […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, February 14 – The Canadian dollar opened slightly lower against its US counterpart on Friday, undermined by weaker-than- expected Canadian economic data, industry watchers said. According to Statistics Canada, manufacturing sales were down 0.9% in December, which marks the first decrease in sales since August 2013. Economists were expecting […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 13 – The Canadian dollar strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday, lifted by disappointing US retail sales data, analysts said. The US government reported retail sales declined by 0.4 per cent in January, while expectations called for a 0.3 per cent drop. The Canadian dollar closed at […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, February 13 – The Canadian dollar was stronger against its US counterpart at midday Thursday, underpinned by unfavourable US economic data, industry watchers said. According to the US Department of Commerce, US retail sales were down 0.4% in January, which was weaker than the 0.1% decline economists were expecting. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, February 13 – The Canadian dollar opened slightly weaker against its US counterpart on Thursday, undermined by slow growth seen in new Canadian home prices, industry watchers said. According to Statistics Canada, the average annual increase in new housing prices in 2013 was 1.8%, which is the slowest pace […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Feb. 12 – The Canadian dollar strengthened against the US dollar on Wednesday amid positive Chinese trade data, analysts said. Chinese imports rose 10 per cent to US$107.2 billion in January, while exports rose 10.6 per cent to US$126.7 billion, data showed. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9093 or […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, February 12 – The Canadian dollar was stronger against its US counterpart at midday Wednesday, underpinned by a favourable outlook from Tuesday afternoon’s federal budget, industry watchers said. According to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Canada’s deficit is expected to narrow to C$2.9 billion in 2014/15, leading to a forecast […] Read more