Tuesday 5 August 2014

GFX Morning Commentary

Good Morning,

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the US Dollar is 1.0925-1.0960

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against the Euro is 1.4640-1.4690

Today's expected range for the Canadian Dollar against Sterling is  1.8450-1.8510

The US Dollar for the most part is stronger from our close on Friday with the expectation of Sterling. The Dollar is a bit weaker against the Pound this morning as that country produced better than expected Service industry data, this is the first jump that we have seen from‎ Sterling in a few weeks. EURO.USD is trading lower this morning as it has broken the 1.3400 level, with a bias for the common currency to continue to go lower. The Euro is getting hit from the Portuguese government bailing out one of its biggest banks (Espirito Santao) to the tune of 4.9 Billion Euros.

The Canadian Dollar is weaker this morning as broad US Dollar strength negated the small rally that the Canadian Dollar undertook yesterday, the Loonie also lost a little ground to the Pound but did manage a small gain against the Euro, we still favour a move higher for USD.CAD

We will be in for a busy week with  Central Bank releases out of the UK and Japan, we have some Trade data for the US and Canada and most important we have the Canadian Employment report on Friday. Up today we get the US factory orders for June and the Non-manufacturing data for July  so we could see some volatility. I will also be watching the equity markets as if they get hit this week we could see USD.CAD push higher.

Have a great week
Mike

GFX Morning Currency Rates

Currencies 7:00am Today's Opening  Yesterday's Opening
USD/CAD 1.0941 1.0922
CAD/USD 0.914 0.9156
EUR/USD 1.3388 1.3418
EUR/CAD 1.4651 1.4658
STG/CAD 1.8458 1.8384
AUD/CAD 1.02 1.0174
CAD/JPY 93.84 93.95
CAD/CHF 0.8307 0.8299
CAD/HKD 7.0609 7.0943
CAD/CNY 5.6388 5.6541
CAD/MXN 12.0535 12.0847
Commodities
Gold $1,291 $1,292.60
OIL $98.48 $98.08
US DOLLAR INDEX
P.CLOSE 81.45
OPEN 81.55 81.45
US 10YR YIELD 2.49% 2.49%

 

 


 

 

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