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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits 2-month low as oil drops below $50

Published 2017-03-09, 09:26 a/m
© Reuters.  CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits 2-month low as oil drops below $50

© Reuters. CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits 2-month low as oil drops below $50

USD/CAD
0.69%
CL
-0.59%
CA2YT=RR
0.48%
CA10YT=RR
0.76%

* Canadian dollar at C$1.3504, or 74.05 U.S. cents

* Loonie touches its weakest since Dec. 29 at C$1.3535

* Bond prices lower across the yield curve

TORONTO, March 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened on Thursday to a fresh two-month low against the greenback as U.S. crude oil prices traded below $50 a barrel and the gap between U.S. and Canadian yields widened.

Prices of oil, one of Canada's major exports, extended the biggest falls this year as record U.S. crude inventories kept sentiment weak, pointing to a global glut despite supply cuts. crude CLc1 prices were down 1 percent at $49.76 a barrel.

Increased expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week has added to recent pressure on the Canadian dollar. In contrast, the Bank of Canada is expected to wait until 2018 before raising rates. 5-year yield fell 1.7 basis points further below its U.S. equivalent to a spread of -86.8 basis points, its widest gap since Nov. 23.

Stronger-than-expected U.S. non-farm payroll numbers, due on Friday, could help cement expectations the Fed would hike. Canadian jobs data for February is also due on Friday.

At 9:12 a.m. ET (1412 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.3504 to the greenback, or 74.05 U.S. cents, slightly weaker than Wednesday's close of C$1.3494, or 74.11 U.S. cents.

The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.3482, while it touched its weakest since Dec. 29 at C$1.3535.

Canadian industries ran at 82.2 percent of capacity in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 0.6 percentage points from the third quarter, Statistics Canada said. other domestic data, new home prices climbed 3.1 percent on a year-over-year basis in January. government bond prices were lower across a steeper yield curve as investors weighed comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.

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The two-year CA2YT=RR dipped 0.5 of a Canadian cent to yield 0.823 percent and the 10-year CA10YT=RR fell 15 Canadian cents to yield 1.794 percent.

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