Reuters: US Dollar Report: CANADA FX DEBT-C$ slightly weaker after factory data dip

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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ slightly weaker after factory data dip Mar 19th 2013, 13:40 Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:40am EDT * C$ at C$1.0244 versus US$, or 97.62 U.S. cents * Weak manufacturing data hurts currency; Cyprus lurks By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, March 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened on Tuesday, under pressure from weak domestic factory data and worries about fresh European debt and banking system problems as Cyprus heads toward a likely veto of its bailout plan. Canadian manufacturing sales unexpectedly fell in January due to weak production in the aerospace, auto and energy industries, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, although the number of new and unfilled orders rose sharply. "We're a little softer on the back of the data that just came out, brushing up against resistance for the U.S. dollar here at C$1.0255/60," said Matt Perrier, managing director of foreign exchange sales at BMO Capital Markets. He said that a break through that level could lead to further Canadian dollar selling, although a half hour after the data release the risk appeared to have abated. At 9:02 a.m. (1302 GMT) the Canadian dollar was trading at C$1.0244 to the greenback, or 97.62 U.S. cents, compared with C$1.0223, or 97.82 U.S. cents, at Monday's North American close. In the background, traders were carefully monitoring developments in Cyprus, after the small euro zone country's plan to tax bank deposits wrecked havoc on equities, currencies and other assets on Monday. "The initial reaction seems to have played through the market and now we're waiting for additional, quantifiable news," Perrier said. A parliamentary vote on the measure looks set to fail, putting the country's 10 billion euro bailout in jeopardy and raising the risk of its banks defaulting. The U.S. Federal Reserve's main policy-setting committee begins a two-day meeting on Tuesday and is expected to release a statement and forecasts on Wednesday. "You've got the Fed tomorrow, that should give direction to the (U.S.) dollar side of the equation," said Royal Bank of Canada currency strategist Elsa Lignos. Prices for Canadian government debt rose across the curve, with the two-year bond up 1 Canadian cent to yield 0.982 percent, while the benchmark 10-year bond rose 14 Canadian cents to yield 1.849 percent. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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