VBCE Daily Foreign Exchange Update for Wednesday, June 1, 2016
USDCAD spot rate: 1.3072 - 1.3077 (as at 8:24am PST)
| Ranges: | Asia: | 1.3053 | to | 1.3096 |
| Europe: | 1.3059 | to | 1.3102 | |
| North America: | 1.3044 | to | 1.3123 |
Technical Support / Resistance:
| S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 |
| 1.2970 | 1.3034 | 1.3100 | 1.3188 |
Key Economic Data Releases:
- RBC manufacturing PMI 52.1 (previous 52.2)
- US ISM mfg. 51.3 (expected 50.4) previous 50.5
- US PMI 50.7 previous 50.5
Key Event Calendar:
| Date | Canada | U.S.A. |
| June 2 June 3 | Trade balance | Crude oil inventories, ADP employment Non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate, avg. hourly earnings, trade balance, ISM non-mfg |
The USD has edged ever so slightly higher from yesterdays close, touching both the highs and lows during North American Trading this morning. In Canada the RBC manufacturing PMI was slightly weaker than expected and in the US both ISM mfg. and PMI numbers came out on the positive side to give the US a boost. The Big driver early in the day was the JPY , which gained over 1% against the USD on the news that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was delaying a scheduled sales tax increase by 2 ½ years, putting his plans for fiscal reform on the back burner due to growing signs of weakness in the domestic economy. Currently the TSX is down 0.49% and the Dow is also trading lower, down by 0.15% . EUROCAD is up 0.25% trading between 1.4515 and 1.4657. GBPCAD is down 0.69% trading between 1.8828 and 1.8970. JPYCAD is up 0.92% trading between 0.01179 and 0.01200. Gold is down 0.41% trading between $1209 and 1220 USD/oz, Silver is up 0.19% trading between $15.96 and $16.08USD/oz, while oil is up 0.2% trading between $47.79 and 49.08USD/barrel.USD
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, FXStreet, RBC Capital Markets, Bank of Canada, U.S. Federal Reserve, CNBC, Forexlive
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