Day: January 3, 2019

January 3
2019

Canadian Dollar Surges to Two-Week High on High Energy Prices

The Canadian dollar surged to its best level in two weeks, just days after lodging its worst annual performance since 2015. The loonie is gaining steam on higher energy prices, but investors are looking to Friday’s labor report, which could signal how the Bank of Canada (BOC) will move on interest rates later this month. On Thursday, US crude oil prices inched towards the $47 mark, […]

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January 3
2019

EUR/USD Rises Strengthened by Mixed US Indicators

The euro was rising against the US dollar during the daily session today and accelerated its growth after the US fundamental data disappointed dollar bulls. The currency pair stabilized afterwards. ADP employment report has shown a growth by 271k jobs in December after adding 157k jobs in November (revised down from 179k). The median forecast had been 179k for December. (Event A on the chart.) Initial jobless claims went up […]

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January 3
2019

Euro Recovers From Yesterday’s Flash Crash Ahead of US Data

The euro today was on a recovery path following yesterday’s “flash crash” that was triggered by Apple’s profit warning based on the economic slowdown in China. The EUR/USD was also under pressure due to the decline in German bond yields and the placing into administration of an Italian bank by the ECB. The EUR/USD currency pair today rallied from an opening low of 1.1308 to a high of 1.1384 in the European session. The currency pair was one of the least affected by yesterday’s […]

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