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USD/CAD slips to the 1.20 handle on oil, USD weakness

The Canadian dollar continues advancing. In a day light with economic indicators (and this will change quite soon),  the loonie still finds reasons to rise. Dollar/CAD is trading at 1.2089, falling below  1.21 and hitting a low of 1.2080.

Oil prices  were on the move on Friday and continue ticking higher. This isn’t a spike but rather a gradual grind higher. And also the USD has reasons to slide on the other side of the equation.

The only noteworthy US indicator is the Flash Services PMI from Markit. It fell short of expectations by sliding.  In general, it joins a losing streak of US figures, that was most pronounced with the plunge in new home sales as well as the underwhelming core durable goods orders.

On the Canadian side,  bigger driver is the optimism from the central bank which continues echoing and pushes  the C$ forward. We will get Canadian GDP later on this week.

More:  Is CAD Oversold; How To Play It Now? – Credit Agricole

The next obvious level is 1.20, which is a very round number. Resistance awaits at  1.2150 followed by 1.2190.

USDCAD April 27 2015 technical analysis fundamental look oil prices and flash services PMI

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.