Monday 10 February 2014

GFX Morning Commentary

Good Morning,

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the US Dollar is 1.1000-1.1070

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the Euro is 1.5020-1.5100

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against Sterling is 1.8070-1.8150

The US Dollar is marginally stronger in quiet overnight trading markets. In the UK, Sterling is weaker as Bank of England Governor Carney is expected to make a statement this week that UK interest rates will remain low for an extended period of time. In Europe the Euro remains static as investors continue to worry about Euro-Zone growth rates.

The Canadian Dollar is unchanged from our close on Friday, it is holding onto its gains from Friday's strong Canadian jobs report and the weak jobs report out of the US. While having a good day on Friday the USD.CAD has not been able to extend its gains outside of recent ranges and will still need a strong move lower or will see USD.CAD move back above 1.1100. The price of Gold is jumping a bit as further downgrades to some emerging market countries seem, the Canadian Dollar may benefit in the short-term if gold continues to jump

Later this week we get our first comments from New Federal Reserve chairperson Janet Yellen as she testifies before Congress, investors will be looking to see if she is changing policy tracks from her predecessor Ben Bernanke, is she hints that more stimulus is needed then you should see stocks surge and the US Dollar trade weaker.

With no economic news of note to be released today I am expecting USD.CAD to trade in a narrow bank for most of the day, if we get a big movement in stocks then we may see some activity.

Have a great week
Mike 

GFX Morning Currency Rates
Currencies 7:00am Today's Opening  Yesterday's Opening
USD/CAD 1.1043 1.1066
CAD/USD 0.9055 0.9037
EUR/USD 1.3627 1.3566
EUR/CAD 1.505 1.5066
STG/CAD 1.8105 1.808
AUD/CAD 0.9857 0.9897
CAD/JPY 92.47 92.25
CAD/CHF 0.8122 0.8146
CAD/HKD 7.0035 6.9887
CAD/CNY 5.4854 5.4793
CAD/MXN 12.078 12.024
Commodities
Gold $1,272.00 $1,261.00
OIL $99.52 $97.43
US DOLLAR INDEX
P.CLOSE 80.68 80.89
OPEN 80.69 80.97
US 10YR YIELD 2.66% 2.70%

 

 

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