Reuters: US Dollar Report: CANADA FX DEBT-C$ up on U.S. earnings, better Europe mood

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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ up on U.S. earnings, better Europe mood Apr 25th 2012, 12:23 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Currencies » Bonds News » Bonds » Markets » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:23am EDT * C$ at C$0.9859 to the US$, or $1.0143 * Market awaits U.S. Fed, Bank of Canada * Bonds ease across curve By Jennifer Kwan TORONTO, April 25 (Reuters) - Canada's dollar rose against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, amid rosier U.S. corporate earnings and signs of improving investor sentiment about the euro zone debt market. The currency took its cue from the euro and global stock markets, which advanced after forecast-beating results from Apple Inc boosted optimism in a corporate earnings season already outstripping expectations by a wide margin. "The No. 1 thing was Apple. That certainly spurred the market into a risk-on mode, helping Canada this morning," said Steve Butler, managing director of foreign exchange trading at Scotiabank. Also contributing to the market mood for riskier assets was weaker demand at a German auction of new 30-year bonds. The ultra low yielding but safe paper seemed to be much less attractive to investors. At 7:45 a.m. (1145 GMT), the Canadian dollar was at C$0.9859 against the U.S. dollar, or $1.0143, up from its Tuesday's finish at C$0.9880 against the U.S. dollar, or $1.0121. The key domestic event on Wednesday will be Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney discussing the Monetary Policy Report before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking after the market's close. That follows his comments on Tuesday before the House of Commons finance committee. Markets will also digest a key policy statement by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and peruse it for clues on whether there may be more monetary policy easing. Carney had reiterated to the finance committee that the central bank might have to increase interest rates because of the stronger performance of the economy and firmer underlying inflation. Last week, the Bank of Canada kept its key lending rate on hold at 1 percent, but in a surprisingly hawkish tone, signaled it may need to start raising interest rates, given the improving economy. Canadian government bond prices were mostly lower with the two-year bond down 5 Canadian cents to yield 1.444 percent. The benchmark 10-year bond sank 10 Canadian cents to yield 2.084 percent. Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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