VBCE Daily Foreign Exchange Update for Thursday, June 9, 2016
USDCAD spot rate: 1.2720 - 1.2725 (as at 8:00am PST)
| Ranges: | Asia: | 1.2671 | to | 1.2698 |
| Europe: | 1.2675 | to | 1.2767 | |
| North America: | 1.2730 | to | 1.2760 |
Technical Support / Resistance:
| S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 |
| 1.2531 | 1.2671 | 1.2783 | 1.2915 |
Key Economic Data Releases:
- Canadian Cap. Utilization Q1 81.4% (81.3% exp.) 80.9% prev.
- Canadian New Housing Price Index .3% (.2% exp.) .2% prev.
- US Initial Jobless Claims 264K (270K exp.) 268K prev.
- US Wholsale Inventories .6% (.1% exp.) .2% prev.
Key Event Calendar:
| Date | Canada | U.S.A. |
| June 10 | Unemployment rate, Net change in employment | Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index |
Stocks and Oil have given back some of this week gains as Global growth optimism fades and risk appetite is suppressed. Absent any surprises in today's economic data, the markets are instead focusing on upcoming risk events such as next week's US FMOC meeting and then the Brexit vote on June 23rd. Canadian markets await Bank of Canada Governor Poloz upcoming speech this morning .Currently the TSX is down 0.67% and the Dow is down by 0.28% . EUROCAD is down 0.47% trading between 1.4384 and 1.4483. GBPCAD is up 0.05% trading between 1.8351 and 1.8490. JPYCAD is up 0.55% trading between 0.01186 and 0.01198. Gold is up 0.35% trading between $1257 and 1269 USD/oz, Silver is up 1.12% trading between $16.25 and $16.48USD/oz, while oil is down 1.68% trading between $50.26 and 51.64USD/barrel.
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, FXStreet, RBC Capital Markets, Bank of Canada, U.S. Federal Reserve, CNBC, Forexlive
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