Tuesday 12 March 2013

GFX Morning FX Commentary March 12th, 2013

Good Morning,           

Today’s expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the US Dollar is 1.0245-1.0330

Today’s expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the Euro is 1.3350-1.3425

Today’s expected range for the Canadian Dollar against Sterling is 1.5250-1.5325

The US Dollar is marginally stronger in very quiet overnight markets. In Europe, EURO.USD dropped to trade at 1.2995 from an overnight high of 1.3035 on more investor concern about the Italian election result.

Sterling is once again lower and hit a 2.5 year low against the Greenback when more poor manufacturing data was released,  GBP.USD fell to trade at 1.4840 which amounts to a 6.7% drop from the beginning of the year, it certainly looks that the negative data coming out of the UK will continue and Sterling still has room to drop. The Loonie was also able to benefit from the weak Pound as GBP.CAD fell to trade at 1.5250, this is the lowest level for GBP.CAD in many years and we are starting to get close to the all-time low of 1.4898 in 2010, if you are planning on going to visit Buckingham Palace this summer your trip is getting cheaper all the time.

Nothing really new to report on the Canadian dollar, we still have not been able to break back below the 1.0250 level since the strong employment report on Friday, the overall strength in the US Dollar is preventing that from happening and so far USD.CAD has not been able to break back above the 1.0300 level as we see increasing numbers of US Dollar sellers emerge, we may be stuck in this range for a while. With the lack of economic reports today I would not expect much to happen, if you need to sell some USD put your orders just ahead of 1.0300 and if you need to buy some USD then put your orders just ahead of 1.0250.


Have a great day
Mike

GFX Morning Currency Rates
Currencies 7:00am Today's Opening  Yesterday's Opening
USD/CAD 1.0277 1.0285
CAD/USD 0.973 0.9723
EUR/USD 1.3012 1.3002
EUR/CAD 1.3375 1.3371
STG/CAD 1.5277 1.5311
AUD/CAD 1.0578 1.0523
CAD/JPY 93.26 93.34
CAD/CHF 0.9219 0.9241
CAD/HKD 7.5459 7.5395
CAD/CNY 6.0486 6.0455
CAD/MXN 12.2556
Commodities
Gold $1,584.10 $1,578.58
OIL $91.89 $91.71
Option Volatility
Canada
O/N 9.07% 9.06%
1 Week 6.44% 6.73%
1 Month 6.40% 6.69%
 

 

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