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Canadian Dollar Suffers Huge Impact on Inflation, Risk Aversion


The Canadian dollar ranked among the worst performers in currency markets today as risk aversion influenced commodities and equities trading, which are strongly related to the loonie’s rates as weak economic data in the country also influenced the confidence towards Canada’s currency.

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Canadian Dollar Tumbles on Rates Outlook


The Canadian dollar fell today after the nation’s central bank left interest rates unchanged at an all time record low, declining rate hikes speculations despite the favorable economic data published in Canada during the past few weeks.

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Canadian Dollar Continues Bullish Pattern on Commodities


The Canadian dollar started another week trading high versus its U.S. counterpart as markets that influence its rates rallied in the start of this week, specially energetic and metallic commodities, before tomorrow’s interest rate decision in the North American nation.

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Canada’s Dollar Retreats on Oil, Risk Aversion


The Canadian dollar declined versus its U.S. counterpart and

lower-yielding currencies as risk aversion rose impacting markets with extreme influence in the loonie rates, those of raw materials and equities, which dropped globally this Friday.

The loonie was impacted today as energetic and metallic commodities declined, specially the crude oil, as raw material exports account for more than half of the country’s international trade revenue, in a day of bearish markets in New York and Toronto.

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Yen Benefits from China’s Lending Restrictions


Demand for safety rose today as concerns among investors that Chinese lending limits announced this week by the nation’s government may impact the global economic performance, allowing the yen to beat all of the main traded currencies in

foreign-exchange markets today.

The yen gained today versus greenback as reports in the world’s wealthiest country came slightly below forecasts, also showing a slow down in the inflation.

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Canadian Dollar Continues to Profit on Commodities


Speculations that demand for commodities will continue to grow in the U.S. and globally are helping the Canadian dollar to benefit from this scenario as exportation of raw materials account for half of the country’s trading revenue.

The Canadian rose against almost all of the 16 main traded currencies as metallic and energetic commodities abundant in the country are experiencing a high demand as the global economic recovery spurs demand for raw materials.

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Greece’s Budget Deficit Affects Euro Performance


The euro declined today versus most of the 16 main trade currencies as some of its member countries, specially Greece, are having a hard time to adjust its national accounts, decreasing confidence among investors to inject capital in the region.

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Dollar Drops Slightly on Fed Comments


The dollar had a mediocre performance today losing versus a considerable number of currencies after the nation’s central bank was not so optimistic regarding the U.S.

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Swiss Franc May Decline On SNB Interventions


After the SNB stated its position against further advances of its national currency, the Swiss Franc may be poised to decline versus main currencies, as fears of interventions are likely to shun investors from investing in the

franc-priced assets.

The Swiss franc gained during the late months of the last year versus the euro and the dollar, posting its highest monthly advance in December versus the European single currency in 2009, and trading in parity with the greenback in November, as the Swiss economy showed its strength and resilience, and declining odds of deflation were interpreted as a good chance for the currency to gain in foreign-exchange markets. Today, after months of silence, the Swiss National Bank stated through its officials that its currency appreciation would have been gone to far, and that further fluctuations of the Swiss franc will be monitored by central bankers, indicating that a further advance of the franc may be halted by more than just verbal interventions.

Speculations regarding future interventions in the Swiss currency rates open a good trading possibility for selling the franc versus other currencies, specially higher-yielding ones, as SNB’s position took today will not allow the franc to advance much further, declining attractiveness for the franc among the main currency pairs.

USD/CHF traded at 1.0169 as of 00:49 GMT from 1.0140 in the intraday, being rather unchanged following the SNB statement.

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Pound Strong Versus Dollar on Global Recovery


The U.K. currency extended Friday’s gains versus the U.S. dollar today as global optimism helped speculations that an economic recovery in the U.K.

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Ruble Gains Sharply on First Russian Trade Day


In the first day of trading for Russian stocks in 2010, the national currency posted a sharp rise as equities in the country, extremely related to commodities, climbed with full force, as stock markets in the country were closed last week.

The ruble benefited today from a strong demand for oil in the Northern Hemisphere as this winter is being of the most intense during the past decade, forcing the crude beyond $83 a barrel, allowing Russian stocks to gain sharply and consequently providing support for the nation’s currency to post the sharpest advance in a decade today versus the greenback.

USD/RUB closed today at 29.30 today from an opening rate of 29.868, a decline of almost 2 percent.

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Swiss Franc Retreats After Central Bank Statement


The Swiss currency had its previous week rally versus currencies like the pound and the euro halted today after the national central bank took a position against further advances of the franc, as the current appreciation was considered excessive by SNB officials.

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Payrolls Cause Dollar’s Weekly Decline


The U.S. currency was performing quite well during most of this week’s session as optimism regarding the U.S.

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Canadian Dollar Near 2-Month High on Oil


The Canadian dollar returned to gain today as its chief export, the crude oil, rallied as demand for energy increases, favoring currencies with a similar profile in

foreign-exchange markets as the Australian dollar, which is a main commodity supplier for China.

The loonie, as the Canadian dollar is often referred, had the fourth day of advances in this week as the crude oil returned to trade high in commodity markets closing future contracts near $ 83 a barrel, helping the Canadian dollar to rally specially versus its U.S.

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Unexpectedly Negative Payrolls Force Greenback Down


An employment report waited during all the week and released today frustrated analysts bringing weaker-than-expected figures for the U.S.

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