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Aug. 21, 2014 at 9:21 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 21 – The Canadian dollar was slightly higher on Thursday as markets were focused on some disappointing purchasing managers data from China and the eurozone, analysts said. Traders were also looking ahead to a key speech from the head of the U.S. Federal […]

Aug. 20, 2014 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 20 – The Canadian dollar was lower relative to the US dollar, with continued strength in the greenback after US Federal Reserve meeting minutes were released behind the weakness, analysts said. The debate on whether or not to raise very low interest rates […]

Aug. 20, 2014 at 9:27 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 20 – The Canadian dollar was flat on Wednesday as traders digested data that showed a further increase in Canadian wholesale trade and look to the U.S. Federal Reserve for possible indications on the timing of interest rate increases, analysts say. At 9:20 […]

Aug. 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, August 19 – The Canadian dollar was sharply lower relative to the US dollar on Tuesday, with general strength in the US currency accounting for the loonie’s weakness, analysts said. The US dollar found support from strong domestic housing data. Good demand for the […]

Aug. 19, 2014 at 11:44 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, August 19 – The Canadian dollar was lower against its US counterpart at midday Tuesday, as the loonie faltered against its American counterpart which was gaining strength on the back of positive US housing data. Home construction in the US surged 15.7% in July […]