VBCE Daily Foreign Exchange Update for Friday, June 3, 2016
USDCAD spot rate: 1.3060 - 1.3065 (as at 7:57am PST)
Ranges: | Asia: | 1.3086 | to | 1.3109 |
Europe: | 1.3080 | to | 1.3101 | |
North America: | 1.2916 | to | 1.3080 |
Technical Support / Resistance:
S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 |
1.2923 | 1.2970 | 1.3080 | 1.3127 |
Key Economic Data Releases:
- CAD trade balance -2.94 Billion (-2.45expected) -3.18B previous - US Unemployment rate 4.7 (4.9 exp) 5 prev.
- ISM Non-Mfg. PMI 52.9 (55.5 exp) 55.7 prev. - Non farm Payrolls 38k (164exp) 123k prev.
-Trade Balance -37.4 Billion (- 41.3 B exp) -35.5 previous
- Average hourly earnings .2% (.2% exp) | .4% previous | ||||
Key Event Calendar: | |||||
Date | Canada | U.S.A. | |||
June 6 | |||||
June 7 | Ivey Purchasing Managers Index | Non Farm Productivity | |||
June 8 | Housing starts, Building Permits | ||||
June 9 | Cap. Utilization Q1, New Housing | Initial Jobless Claims, Wholesale Inventories | |||
Price Index | |||||
June 10 | Unemployment rate, Net change in | Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index | |||
employment |
The dominant news today is the shocking US jobs report. A miss of more than 100k has roiled the FX markets feeding into speculation that this one report could stop the US Federal Reserve in its tracks from any near term interest rate hikes. What was once a 50-50 proposition of a summer hike has now plummeted to near zero.!!!. Currently the TSX is up 0.12% and the Dow is trading lower, down by 0.28% . EUROCAD is up 0.44% trading between 1.4581 and 1.4699. GBPCAD is down 0.38% trading between 1.8793 and 1.8910. JPYCAD is up 0.67% trading between 0.01200 and 0.01214. Gold is up 2.4% trading between $1207 and 1243 USD/oz, Silver is up 2.25% trading between $15.97 and $16.45USD/oz, while oil is down 0.70% trading between $48.43 and 49.38USD/barrel.USD
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, FXStreet, RBC Capital Markets, Bank of Canada, U.S. Federal Reserve, CNBC, Forexlive
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