Wednesday, March 18, 2015

VBCE Daily Foreign Exchange Update for Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2015



USDCAD spot rate:    1.2795 - 1.2800 (as at 7:45am PST)

 

Ranges:
Asia:
1.2765
to
1.2793
 
Europe: 
1.2751
to
1.2779
 
North America:
1.2735
to
1.2819

 

 


Technical Support / Resistance:

S2
S1
R1
R2
1.2492
1.2617
1.2798
1.30

 

 
 
Key Economic Data Releases:

CAD Wholesale Sales -3.1%   (exp. -0.8%)
US Fed Interest Rate Decision tba (11am)

Key Event Calendar:


Date
Canada
U.S.A.
 
Mar. 19
Mar. 20
 
 
CPI, retail sales
 
 
Current account(Q4), initial jobless claims


Canadian Wholesale Sales were the worst in 6 years, and oil prices continue their downward spiral. Despite this all eyes are on the US FED interest decision upcoming later this morning. The USD / Cad is still relatively flat and will probably remain this way for the rest of the morning with traders keeping a neutral position as protection from any Fed surprise comments.. The only notable movement in the currency pairings continues to be the British pound, down for a third straight day. The North American stock markets are all down again this morning. The TSX is down .33% while the Dow is .39% lower. EURCAD is up again by  .21% trading between 1.3538 and 1.3606. GBPCAD is down, by 0.49% trading between 1.8733 and 1.8915. JPYCAD is up 0.29% trading between 0.01053 and 0.01059. Gold is down 0.09% trading between $1,146 and $1,153USD/oz., silver is down 0.33% trading between $15.47 and $15.63USD/oz., while oil is down .47% trading between $42.06 and $42.96.


Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, FXStreet, RBC Capital Markets, Bank of Canada, U.S. Federal Reserve, CNBC, Forexlive


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