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USD/CAD extends slide after strong manufacturing sales

The Canadian dollar continues recovering, and this time it got a boost from a stronger than expected rise in manufacturing sales for January, despite a downwards revision for December.  Sales advanced by 1.5%, better than 0.6% expected. However, this came on top of a bigger drop of 1.5% in December, worse than 0.9% originally reported.

USD/CAD dropped to a low of 1.1024 from around 1.1040 beforehand. This is the second day of advances for the loonie, that sees a squeezing trading range. — updates coming —

At the same time, the US also released some data: annual headline inflation dropped more than expected while building permits came out better than expected.

Here is the daily chart showing the squeezing trading range:

Canadian dollar strengthening March 18 2014 technical daily chart for currency trading loonie USDCAD

 

The round number of 1.10 works as support. 1050 serves as minor resistance. For more, see the USDCAD forecast.

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.